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During the war she acted as a troopship based at Folkestone, and sailing back and forth over the English Channel.
 
During the war she acted as a troopship based at Folkestone, and sailing back and forth over the English Channel.
  
==List of soldiers carried==
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==Folkestone to France 2 November 1916==
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*[[Frederick James Powell]]
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==Folkestone to France 28 Nov 196=
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*[[Charles Fielder]]
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==Folkestone to France 14 Sec 1916==
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*[[George Edward Binns]]
  
[[Charles Fielder]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 21:36, 3 May 2017

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History
Name SS Princess Henrietta
Builder/Built 1888 William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Type Channel Ferry (Paddle steamer)
Speed 21 knots


Remarks

Built for the Belgium Government, the Princess Henriette was the last ship to leave a Belgium port before England declared war on Germany. With 1,200 aboard she left Ostend and arrived in Dover on 3 Sep 1914.

During the war she acted as a troopship based at Folkestone, and sailing back and forth over the English Channel.

Soldiers carried

Folkestone to France 2 November 1916

=Folkestone to France 28 Nov 196

==Folkestone to France 14 Sec 1916==