Category:H.C.4 Queen Empress (ship, 1912)

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Ship

  • Built by: Murdoch & Murray of Port Glasgow
  • Tonnage: Net 164 Gross 411
  • Propulsion type: Compound Diagonal by Rankin & Blackmore Greenock

History

  • 1912 Named: Queen Empress for John Williamson & Co, Williamson-Buchanan Steamers Ltd,
  • In the First World War she worked as a troopship between Southampton and France. During that time she collided with a destroyer off the French Coast. The Clyde steamer Duchess of Argyll was near and took her and her 100 troops in tow. She later saw service as a minesweeper and then as ambulance transport in the White Sea.
  • 1920 Returned to the Clyde and was used for excursion work.
  • 1929 She succeeded Lord of the Isles from Glasgow.
  • 1936 Became a railway connection ship
  • 1938 Run by and wore the colours of the Caledonian Steam Packet Co, but remained the property of Williamson-Buchanan.
  • After service again in the Second World War she was found to be in too poor condition to return to service and was scrapped. Her bell was salvaged and is now in private ownership in the Netherlands.
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