SS Princess Henriette
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 Scale model of her engines | |
| History | |
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| Name | SS Princess Henrietta |
| Owner | Belgium Government |
| Builder | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Launched | 14 Mar 1888 |
| Fate | scrapped in 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Channel Ferry (Paddle steamer) |
| Propulsion | 2 x side paddle wheels |
| Speed | 21 knots (38.89 km/h) |
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Remarks
Built for the Belgium Government, the Princess Henriette was usd on the Dover - Ostend fast mail-sy\teamer service. She 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, sailing back and forth over the English Channel. She survived the war and returned to cross channel civilian service until she was scrapped in 1922.
Soldiers carried
Folkestone to France 2 November 1916
- † David Edward Bromley
- Ernest Henry Chisholm
- Herbert Dunbar Cousens
- Paul Henzell Hemy
- † Reginald Peter Lewis
- † Frederick James Powell
- John Henry Wilkinson
Folkestone to France 3 November 1916
Folkestone to France 28 November 1916
- Charles Fielder
- Sidney Herrick Carter
- † George Andrew King
- † Joseph Scott
- † William Paul (Layton) Walton