List Arrivals, Sailings and Events
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ArrivalSunday, April 1, 1945 @ 1330DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD arrives alongside liner QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor off Gourock |
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KING EDWARD embarks U.S.A. and other personnel from liner QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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ArrivalSunday, April 1, 1945 @ 1400DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD embarks U.S.A. and other personnel from liner QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor off Gourock |
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KING EDWARD embarks U.S.A. and other personnel from liner QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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Ship EventSunday, April 1, 1945 @ 1400DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
QUEEN ELIZABETH (1940-1946 Troopship then 1946-1968 passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) |
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Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor off Gourock disembarks personnel to KING EDWARD alongside |
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KING EDWARD embarks U.S.A. and other personnel from liner QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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ArrivalSunday, April 1, 1945 @ 1600DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD arrives at Princes Pier, Greenock with personnel from liner QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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KING EDWARD disembarks U.S.A. and other personnel from liner QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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Ship EventTuesday, April 3, 1945 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD bunkers at Princes Pier, Greenock |
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Ship EventWednesday, April 4, 1945 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD bunkers at Princes Pier, Greenock |
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SailingWednesday, April 4, 1945 @ 1800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
HANTONIA (1939-1945 Accommodation ship 290 feet long for Royal Navy, London) |
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HANTONIA leaves James Watt Dock, Greenock, for Tail-of-the Bank anchorage off Greenock |
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From Wikipedia The ship was built by the Fairfield Govan and launched on 23 December 1911 as Louvima, but in January 1912 renamed Hantonia. With her sister ship Normannia they were put on the service between Southampton and Le Havre. They were the first cross-channel steamers to be fitted with single-reduction geared Parsons' turbines, which gave the vessels a speed of over 20 knots but also cut down on the vibration experienced by cross-Channel passengers.[2]
She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 and operated as a troopship during the First World War.
She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923.
In 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and transported troops between Folkestone and Calais until January 1940. She was then a Royal Navy accommodation ship until 1945. She returned to railway service in 1945 and we deployed on the Channel Islands service, where she returned children who had been evacuated before the German Invasion.[3] From 1946 returned to the Southampton to Le Havre service. In 1948 she was acquired by British Railways and was scrapped in 1952. |
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SailingThursday, April 5, 1945 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD embarks US sick and leaves Princes Pier for QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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ArrivalThursday, April 5, 1945 @ 1600DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD arrives at Princes Pier, Greenock, and waits for orders |
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SailingFriday, April 6, 1945 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD embarks US cot-cases and leaves Princes Pier for QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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ArrivalFriday, April 6, 1945 @ 1700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD arrives at Princes Pier, Greenock, and waits for orders |
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Ship EventSaturday, April 7, 1945 @ 0900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD embarks RAF and US Air Corps personnel for QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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SailingSaturday, April 7, 1945 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD leaves Princes Pier with RAF and US Air Corps personnel for QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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ArrivalSaturday, April 7, 1945 @ 1400DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD returns to Princes Pier and embarks US cot-cases for QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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SailingSaturday, April 7, 1945 @ 1500DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
KING EDWARD (1901-1952 Clyde passenger steamer 250 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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KING EDWARD leaves Princes Pier with US cot-cases for QUEEN ELIZABETH |
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