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HMT Princesse Clementine
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History
Owner HMT Princesse Clementine
Builder Hoboken, Belgium
Launched October 1896
Completed 1897
In service 1897
Out of service 1923
Fate broken up in 1928
General characteristics
Type Mild steel built Paddle Steamer
Tonnage 1,474 tons
Length 324 ft 3in
Beam 37ft 8i
Depth 14ft 2in
Propulsion 2 x side paddle wheels
Speed 22 knots (40.74 km/h)
Capacity 700 passengers



Remarks

Could carry 700 passengers in luxurious state rooms and cabins between Ostend and Dover.


At the outbreak of war it operated from Ostend and Dover, but with German occupation of much of Belgium, she moved to operated out of Folkestone. The Belgium War Office then lent her to the British War Government in May 1915, and she spent the rest of the war transporting troops to France from Folkestone and Southampton. She also carried out hospital ship duties when required.


At the conclussion of hostilities she returned to commercial operation until 1923 when she was placed in reserve, before being eventually broken up in France during 1928


Soldiers carried

Folkestone to France 21 December 1916

Folkestone to France 28 December 1916

Folkestone to France 16 January 1917

Folkestone to France 23 January 1917

Folkestone to France 24 January 1917

Folkestone to France 2 February 1917

Folkestone to France 21 December 1917