Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Friday, October 16, 1942 @ 1600
HMS ISLE OF GUERNSEY (1930-1940 Passenger Ferry, 1940-1948 Requisitioned by Admiralty, 1948-1961 Passenger Ferry of Southern Railway, Southampton) Own Page

H.M.S. ISLE OF GUERNSEY leaves Ardrossan Dockyard after repairs

Sailed from berthArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistrySouthampton (England, UK)

Being requisitioned by Admiraly in 1940, H.M.S. ISLE OF GUERNSEY served as a Hospital ship at Dunkirk, then as a target ship for the Fleet Air Arm then as an Infantry Landing ship at the Normandy Landings.

She was returned to Southern Railways control in 1948