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Princess Iris could carry fourteen landing craft on the train deck and four more on the upper deck. Those on the train deck were launched down a chute at the stern (hence classified as "Landing Ship Stern Chute"); those on the upper deck were unloaded by crane, During the war she was mostly used for
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to the continent to sustain the war effort eing quicker to load and unload in port. They had four sets of rails along the train deck and used a
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company in 1923 with its interest in the Great
Eastern Train Ferry Company. The new service was inaugurated on 24 April 1924 by the
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Richborough portal frame is still in service, 2019
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from 1948 until 1956 when she was withdrawn from service, renamed
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where the landing stage was re-erected to provide a service to
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United
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346:. The Great Eastern Railway was taken over by the
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295:Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
234:15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
96:1917–1924: British Army War Office
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389:evacuation of the Channel Islands
344:Great Eastern Train Ferry Company
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374:London and North Eastern Railway
348:London and North Eastern Railway
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1378:Ships built on the River Tyne
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218:350.6 ft (106.9 m)
502:"Harwich Train Ferry No. 1"
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190:General characteristics
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679:Great Eastern Railway
628:Warship International
607:Warship International
586:Warship International
565:Warship International
332:Great Eastern Railway
101:Great Eastern Railway
18:SS Essex Ferry (1917)
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106:1934–1940, 1946–48:
1213:Ships built for, or
299:Newcastle upon Tyne
208:gross register tons
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468:"LNER Train Ferry"
361:in the river near
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899:Princess of Wales
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305:Train Ferry No. 2
267:Train Ferry No. 1
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1263:Essex Ferry
1104:Lutterworth
404:Essex Ferry
210: (GRT)
206:2,683
198:Train ferry
150:Yard number
118:1948–1957:
112:1940–1946:
99:1924–1934:
77:Essex Ferry
1368:1917 ships
1362:Categories
1318:Brocklesby
1182:Felixstowe
1118:Nottingham
1076:Accrington
857:Lady Tyler
785:Copenhagen
778:Colchester
764:Chelmsford
613:(2): 107.
571:(2): 107.
515:4 November
481:4 November
438:References
381:Royal Navy
370:liquidated
276:War Office
247:Propulsion
114:Royal Navy
1261:(renamed
1223:Amsterdam
1161:Archangel
1147:Amsterdam
941:Stockholm
934:St George
913:Rotterdam
757:Cambridge
715:Archangel
701:Amsterdam
640:0043-0374
619:0043-0374
598:0043-0374
577:0043-0374
340:Zeebrugge
325:link span
166:Completed
1265:in 1946)
1203:St Denis
1125:Staveley
1097:Dewsbury
1006:Yarmouth
927:St Denis
850:Kilkenny
750:Brussels
694:Adelaide
544:8 August
359:lighters
310:SS
303:SS
258:12 knots
158:Launched
91:Operator
1304:Grimsby
1196:Roulers
1189:Malines
1154:Antwerp
1013:Zealous
964:Suffolk
920:Roulers
885:Norwich
878:Norfolk
864:Malines
842:Ipswich
834:Ipswich
827:Harwich
813:Frinton
799:Dresden
736:Brandon
708:Antwerp
363:Antwerp
336:Harwich
289:History
242:403 nhp
203:Tonnage
142:Builder
47:History
1284:Vienna
1244:Prague
1230:Arnhem
1175:Cromer
1168:Bruges
999:Vienna
892:Orwell
871:Munich
792:Cromer
743:Bruges
729:Berlin
722:Avalon
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215:Length
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806:Essex
686:Ships
632:XXVII
611:XXVII
590:XXVII
569:XXVII
418:Notes
255:Speed
231:Depth
636:ISSN
615:ISSN
594:ISSN
573:ISSN
546:2022
517:2015
483:2015
385:Iris
308:and
265:TSS
223:Beam
195:Type
182:Fate
65:Iris
52:Name
1137:GER
1135:Ex
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