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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
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The ship was built by
Armstrong, Whitworth & Company Ltd, Low Walker and launched in 1917. Along with her sister ships
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On 1 February 1919 she was involved in the rescue of
British and American soldiers from the American transport
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In 1934, the Great
Eastern Train Ferry Company was liquidated and she was bought by the
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After their use by the
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she was hit by artillery from the shore and sank on 13 June 1940 off
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was a freight vessel built for the
British Army War Office in 1917.
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Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968).
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and Dublin to
Liverpool but was back at Plymouth in December.
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United
Kingdom
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Anderson, Richard M. (1990). "Re: Mystery Photo No. 97".
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611:Heine, Paul J. (1990). "Re: Mystery Photo No. 97".
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569:Atherton, D. (1990). "Re: Mystery Photo No. 97".
218:The Great Eastern Railway was taken over by the
1894:World War II shipwrecks in the English Channel
1373:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1940
304:. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
1884:Ships of the London and North Eastern Railway
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56:as Great Eastern Train Ferry Company Limited
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201:which had gone ashore on Bembridge Point,
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317:"Men for Demobilisation taken off safely"
242:evacuation of British troops from France
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236:In 1940 she was requisitioned by the
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49:1917–1924: British Army War Office
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220:London and North Eastern Railway
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61:London and North Eastern Railway
1889:Maritime incidents in June 1940
1:
1874:Ships built on the River Tyne
520:"SS Train Ferry No.2 (+1940)"
452:. England. 23 November 1928
388:. England. 28 December 1922
224:Prince George, Duke of Kent
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302:Railway and other Steamers
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476:"LNER Harwich Fleet List"
462:British Newspaper Archive
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381:"Train Ferry at Plymouth"
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141:350.5 feet (106.8 m)
120:
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420:. England. 25 April 1924
356:. England. 25 March 1922
1721:Console Generale Liuzzi
498:"Le HMS Dafodil ou TF3"
445:"Train Ferry 's Ordeal"
149:58.7 feet (17.9 m)
121:General characteristics
1040:Ships operated by the
662:Ships operated by the
322:Yorkshire Evening Post
157:15.5 feet (4.7 m)
1200:acquired by, the LNER
664:Great Eastern Railway
613:Warship International
592:Warship International
571:Warship International
550:Warship International
214:Great Eastern Railway
54:Great Eastern Railway
450:Chelmsford Chronicle
386:Western Morning News
246:Saint-Valery-en-Caux
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500:(in French). Grieme
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131:gross register tons
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413:"LNER Train Ferry"
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884:Princess of Wales
188:Train Ferry No. 3
181:Train Ferry No. 1
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38:Train Ferry No. 2
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1662:Niagara
1656:Mexique
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1555:Andania
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1493:Olterra
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