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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Golden Eagle |
| Owner | The General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| Builder | John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 386 |
| Launched | 17 Apr 1909 |
| Completed | 9 Jun 1909 |
| In service | 1909 |
| Out of service | 1949 |
| Fate | brolen up 1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steal Paddle Steamer |
| Tonnage | 793 tons |
Contents
Remarks
Built for The General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London. Used for troop transport during WW1, with an incomplete conversion to minelayer halted in 1918.
In Jan 1940 she was requisitioned as an anti-aircraft ship for the Dunkirk evacuation. Later used as an accommodation ship, before returning to its owners in June 1945. Laid up 1949, and broken up in 1951 by T W Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex.
Soldiers carried
Folkestone to Étaples 11 November 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 10 December 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 17 December 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 25 February 1917
- Benjamin Jones
- John Arthur Patterson MM
- Thomas Ramsell
- Thomas Edward Tyrell Marshall Post WW1 men
- James Thomson MM