Difference between revisions of "HMPS Golden Eagle"
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− | Owners were the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Regular run was London to north Kent resorts (Margate and Ramsgate). | + | Owners were the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Regular run was London to north Kent resorts (Margate and Ramsgate). Served during WW1 as a troop carrier between Jan 1915 and Nov 1919 during which time she carried 518,101 men across the English Channel. She also carried stores and early aircraft to France, and was in the process of being converted to a mine layer when the war ended. She Returned to her regular London run to the North Kent resorts of Margate and Ramsgate between the wars. |
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+ | Fitted out as an anti-aircraft ship in late 1939, based at Sherness. In late May 1940 made several crossings to evacuate 1,751 soldiers from Dunkirk, and later carried more than 3,000 London children to Great Yarmouth on the east coast of England. Also used as an anti-aircraft ship in the Thames. | ||
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+ | Returned to her owners in June 1945, she was used initially as an accommodation ship before returning to normal service until she was laid up in 1949. Broken up by Thmas W Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex in 1951, | ||
==List of soldiers carried== | ==List of soldiers carried== |
Revision as of 13:30, 22 October 2021
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History | |
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Name | HMPS Golden Eagle |
Owner | The General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
Builder | John Brown, Clydebank |
Yard number | 386 |
Launched | 17 Apr 1909 |
Completed | 9 Jun 1909 |
In service | 1909 |
Out of service | 1949 |
Fate | broken up in 1951 |
General characteristics | |
Type | passenger paddle steamer |
Tonnage | 793 tons |
Length | 275.7 ft (84.0m) |
Beam | 32.1 ft (9.78m) |
Depth | 10.1 ft (3.08m) |
Propulsion | two side mounted paddle wheels |
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Remarks
Owners were the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Regular run was London to north Kent resorts (Margate and Ramsgate). Served during WW1 as a troop carrier between Jan 1915 and Nov 1919 during which time she carried 518,101 men across the English Channel. She also carried stores and early aircraft to France, and was in the process of being converted to a mine layer when the war ended. She Returned to her regular London run to the North Kent resorts of Margate and Ramsgate between the wars.
Fitted out as an anti-aircraft ship in late 1939, based at Sherness. In late May 1940 made several crossings to evacuate 1,751 soldiers from Dunkirk, and later carried more than 3,000 London children to Great Yarmouth on the east coast of England. Also used as an anti-aircraft ship in the Thames.
Returned to her owners in June 1945, she was used initially as an accommodation ship before returning to normal service until she was laid up in 1949. Broken up by Thmas W Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex in 1951,