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+ | | shipname = HMT Victoria | ||
+ | | shipowner = Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Liverpool | ||
+ | | shipbuilder = Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan | ||
+ | | shipyardnumber = 420 | ||
+ | | shiplaunched = 2 Jun 1902 | ||
+ | | shipcompleted = 1902 | ||
+ | | shipinservice = 5 Mar 1903 | ||
+ | | shipoutofservice = 1924 | ||
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+ | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
+ | | shipreclassified = | ||
+ | | shipID = TPQB | ||
+ | | shipfate = Broken up mid 1924 at Hedrik-Ido-Ambacht | ||
+ | | shiptype = passenger liner | ||
+ | | shiptonnage = 5,967 tons | ||
+ | | shiplength = 401.4 ft (122.33m) | ||
+ | | shipbeam = 52.3 ft (15.93m) | ||
+ | | shipdepth = 26.2 ft (7.98m) | ||
+ | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
+ | | shipspeed = 13.5 knots (25 km/h) | ||
+ | | shipcapacity = 106 x 1st; 104 x 2nd; 595 x 3rd class | ||
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− | + | Built for Pacific Steam Navigation Company to serve their South American routes. Could carry 106 first class, 104 second class, and 595 third class passengers. On 23 Jul 1908 ''Victoria'' was involved in a collision in dense fog with ''Don Matias'' which sank. | |
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− | + | During WW1 she was requisitioned by the British to act as a troop carrier from 1914 - 1918, with at least 1916 and 1917 spent ferrying units and reinforcements from England to France using Folestone as its base. ''Victoria'' was returned to her owners post war, and in 1923 she was scrapped in Holland. | |
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
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===England to Le Havre 14 October 1916=== | ===England to Le Havre 14 October 1916=== | ||
* [[Percy James Blake]] | * [[Percy James Blake]] | ||
− | * [[Arthur William Griffin]] | + | * † [[Arthur William Griffin]] |
* [[Patrick Michael]] | * [[Patrick Michael]] | ||
===Folkestone to Le Havre 2 November 1916=== | ===Folkestone to Le Havre 2 November 1916=== | ||
* [[Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland]] | * [[Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland]] | ||
− | * [[Reuben Leeuwin Cousens]] | + | * † [[Reuben Leeuwin Cousens]] |
===Folkestone to Étaples 15 November 1916=== | ===Folkestone to Étaples 15 November 1916=== | ||
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===Folkestone to Étaples 16 November 1916=== | ===Folkestone to Étaples 16 November 1916=== | ||
− | * [[William Hall]] | + | * † [[William Hall]] |
* [[Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty]] | * [[Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty]] | ||
− | * [[Gordon Weston Johanson]] | + | * † [[Gordon Weston Johanson]] |
* [[Arthur Lewis]] | * [[Arthur Lewis]] | ||
* [[Robert Poole]] | * [[Robert Poole]] | ||
* [[Thomas Henry Rice]] | * [[Thomas Henry Rice]] | ||
− | * [[Albert Edward See]] | + | * † [[Albert Edward See]] |
===England to Le Havre 4 December 1916=== | ===England to Le Havre 4 December 1916=== | ||
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===Folkestone to Étaples 13 December 1916=== | ===Folkestone to Étaples 13 December 1916=== | ||
* † [[Reuben Arnold MM]] | * † [[Reuben Arnold MM]] | ||
+ | * [[Alfred James Hansen MM]] | ||
* [[Leo Patrick Kane]] | * [[Leo Patrick Kane]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:41, 7 November 2021
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Remarks
Built for Pacific Steam Navigation Company to serve their South American routes. Could carry 106 first class, 104 second class, and 595 third class passengers. On 23 Jul 1908 Victoria was involved in a collision in dense fog with Don Matias which sank.
During WW1 she was requisitioned by the British to act as a troop carrier from 1914 - 1918, with at least 1916 and 1917 spent ferrying units and reinforcements from England to France using Folestone as its base. Victoria was returned to her owners post war, and in 1923 she was scrapped in Holland.
Soldiers carried
England to Le Havre 14 October 1916
Folkestone to Le Havre 2 November 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 15 November 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 16 November 1916
- † William Hall
- Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty
- † Gordon Weston Johanson
- Arthur Lewis
- Robert Poole
- Thomas Henry Rice
- † Albert Edward See