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Details of Each Ferry and its Subsequent Fate

 

ALLEYN 
Builder: Thames Iron Works    Engine: Thames Iron Works.

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (20/7/09) to George Martin, Dundee, Scotland.
          (Alistair Deayton - to Tay Steamboat Co. for use on Tay inc to Bridge of Earn)
1912 Sold to Frederick Walters, Newhaven;
           (Alistair Deayton - managed by RR Collard excursions from Southampton and occasional use on Seaview-
           Southsea ferry service)
1914 Sold to Bembridge & Seaview Steam Packet Co;
            (Alistair Deayton - chartered  by group of Seaview residents for use on Seaview-Southsea  ferry service.
            Uncertain if RN granted permission for use as such in 1915)
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 41, then PT 41; 
1920 Acquired by Mr Semouha.

BOYDELL
Builder: Thames Iron Works    Engine: Thames Iron Works.

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (15/6/09) to the Royal Servian Privilege Steamship Co. (Serbia) for service on the Danube at Belgrade.                                     

BRUNEL

Builder: Thames Iron Works    Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock
(Tramscape gives engine builder as Thames Iron Works).

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (20/07/09) to the Millbrook Steamboat Company for service on the River Tamar at Plymouth.
                 (Burtt gives: J. Parsons, Plymouth)
                 (Alisdair Deayton gives date of 1910 and use as a market boat passenger/cargo service on Tamar to
                 Calstock, and excursions)
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 42, then PT 42;
1920 Euphrates & Tigris S N Co;
1924 Mesopotamia Persia Corp;
1926 Scrapped.


BEN JONSON
Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton     Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909         Sold (20/07/09) to to Dampfshiffgesellschaft der Vierwaldstattersee & left London on September 27th
1909.        Towed to Duisburg in Germany, then sailed up the Rhine to Basel under her own power.
                  Dismantled and taken overland to Luzern - extensively rebuilt for passenger service on Lake Luzern
                  with small fore and aft  deck saloons. Renamed PS RHEIN.
1939 Withdrawn after an unsuccessful service.
1942 The boiler was sold
1944 The engine was scrapped.
1946 Ship stripped to the hull.
1949 (February 2nd) Re-entered service as MV WALDSTATTER, with a new (Sulzer) diesel engine, screws
                  instead of paddles and a new superstructure.
1995 (12th December) Withdrawn from service, after which she lay at the SGV dock until being used as an
                   accommodation ship.
2001 Scrapped at Beckenried


CARLYLE
Builder: Thames Iron Works     Engine: Thames Iron Works

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (15/06/09) to George Martin, Dundee
1911 Sold to Tay Steamboat Company, Dundee for service on the River Tay
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 44, then PT 44
???? Sold to Euphrates & Tigris S N Co (also reported as to Anglo-Persian Oil Co); no subsequent trace


CAXTON
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Sold (15/06/09) to a Mr C.A. Stewart & Co, London.

CHARLES LAMB
(Originally to be named BAYNARD) Alistair Deayton states BAYNARD COLECHURCH
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold to the City Steamboat Co and probably sailed on the Thames in the 1910 season.
???? Sold to owners at Genoa, Italy, renamed ZULEMA.
           Alisdair Deayton - Sold for use on Lake Lugano. Sailed to Genoa - overland to Porlezzo. Rebuilt with fore
           & aft saloons and entered service in 1911 as LOMBARDIA. Withdrawn 1921 unecconomical (coal).
1925   Broken up at Lugano

CHAUCER

Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1907 -  (www.clydesite.co.uk states 1909) Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1910    (www.clydesite.co.uk states 1914) Sold to owners at Nantes, France and renamed VILLE D'ANGERS.

 

CHRISTOPHER WREN
Builder: G. Rennie & Co., Greenwich (subcontracted from J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton.
Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock


1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 43, then PT 43.
1920 Euphrates & Tigris S. N. Co.
1922 Scrapped


COLECHURCH
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow       Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (20/07/09) for service on Lake Lugano, sailing to Genoa before being transported overland.
1911 Entered service under the name LOMBARDIA
1921 Withdrawn
1925 Scrapped at Lugano

EARL GODWIN
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow       Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1914 Transferred to the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Line of the CR and NBR railways for service on Loch Lomond,
          Scotland as QUEEN MARY, but seriously damaged by fire soon after arriving at Balloch and never used in service.
1929 Scrapped

EDMUND IRONSIDE
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow       Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 40, then PT 40
1920 Acquired by Abdul al Khedery, Baghdad**

FITZAILWIN
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow       Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service..
1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 45, then PT 45.
1920 Acquired by Abdul al Khedery, Baghdad**


FRANCIS DRAKE
Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton       Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service..
1909 Sold (06/04/09) to Escaut & Rupel Steam Navigation Co. Tamise, Belgium for service at Antwerp and renamed
           WILFORD I.
1914  Escaped to England
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as T 60, then PT 60, then PT 46.
1920 Acquired by Abdul al Khedery, Baghdad**

GIBBON

Builder: Thames Iron Works     Engine: Thames Iron Works

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Sold (06/04/09) to K. Bohré, Esscenweg, Rotterdam.
????  Sold to Mafalda Soc. Di Nav. A Vao. Puglia, Bari,Italy & renamed MAFALDA

 

GRESHAM
Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton        Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock
(Burtt gives builder as Thames Ironworks)


1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
???? Sold to German operators for service from Memel (East Prussia, now Klaipeda) for cargo and passengers.
         Renamed HLUBOKA.
         Probably moved westwards to what is now the north Polish coast during World War I
1926 Moved to Prague and used on the Vltava as a tug
         During World War II she was appropriated by the German Army and moved to the River Vistula
1944 Understood to have been sunk
1947  Raised for use by the River authorities at Pulawy as "SMIALY"
1955-1958 she was based at Plock, and until 1968 at Tczew
          Left the Vistula for the north Polish coast at Mielno, where she was hauled onto land and used as a clubhouse
          Later she was seen close to Mielno at Lazy.

KING ALFRED

Builder: Thames Iron Works         Engine: Thames Iron Works
 
1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Acquired (11/05/09) by Glaser, Bewer & Co London.
1909  Sold to O. May, Memel-Cranzer DSG  Memel, Germany for local service, and renamed MEMEL
1920  Understood to have sailed for the Gebruder Bieber at Memel
1924  Sold to the Hamburg-Blankensee-Este Line, sailed on the Elbe estuary from Hamburg to Cuxhaven and
          renamed HANSA.
Post 1945 - Modernised with the construction of deckhouses etc. Operated on the lower Elbe and survived until 1962
1965 Scrapped.


MARLOWE

Builder: G. Rennie & Co., Greenwich (subcontracted from J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton.
Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock


1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames, used for the 1910 and 1911 seasons.
????  Sold to the Koln-Mulheimer Shipping Co., Germany for service between Koln and Mulheim on the Rhein.
1925  Understood to have been disposed of when the Koln-Mulheimer was absorbed by the Koln-Dusseldorfer (KD).

MORRIS

Builder: Thames Iron Works         Engine: Thames Iron Works
Burtt gives engine builder as Scotts Engineering, Greenock


1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Sold to the City Steamboat Company and used on the Thames for the 1910 season.
????  Sold to Germany for service between Koln and Mulheim

OLAF
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow        Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock


1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Sold (20/07/09) for service on Lake Lugano, sailing to Genoa before being transported overland.
1910  Entered service under the name SVIZZERA.
1921  Withdrawn
1925  Scrapped at Lugano.

PEPYS
Builder: G. Rennie & Co., Greenwich (subcontracted from J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton.
Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock


1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 – 1912 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1913  Sold to the Cie,. Lyonnaise de Navigatiuon et Remorquage at Lyon, France and renamed VILLE DE VALENCE.

PURCELL
Builder: Thames Iron Works     Engine: Thames Iron Works

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909   Sold (16/06/09) to the Royal Servian Privilege Steamship Co.(Serbia) for service on the Danube at Belgrade.

RALEIGH

Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton     Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  - Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames for use 1910 -1914
????  Sold to the Societe de Suc et Raf de Ponts in Belgium

 

RENNIE
Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton     Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock
Burtt gives builder as G. Rennie, Greenwich.


1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
????  Sold to the Societe de Suc et Raf de Ponts in Belgium.
1916  Returned to the UK and requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as T 63,
          then PT 63, then PT 48;
1920 Euphrates & Tigris S. N. Co.


SHAKESPEARE
Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton     Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 – 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1914  Sold to the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Line of the CR and NBR railways for service on Loch Lomond, Scotland
           renamed PRINCESS PATRICIA
1938  (May), sold for dismantling at Balloch

SLOANE
Builder: Thames Iron Works     Engine: Thames Iron Works

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
????  Possibly sold to Germany for service on the Rhein

THOMAS MORE
Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton      Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Sold (06/04/09), (with FRANCIS DRAKE), to Escaut & Rupel Steam Navigation Co. Tamise, Belgium for use out of
          Antwerp and renamed WILFORD II
1916  Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as as T 61, then PT 61, then PT 47.
1920  Euphrates & Tigris S N Co but reported to be burnt to the waterline.


TURNER
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow         Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock
Alisdaire Deayton reports that she was originally to be called KING ALFRED

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909  Sold (20/07/09) for service on the Rhein in Germany possibly for Koln-Mulheimer Co.


VANBRUGH
Builder: Thames Iron Works         Engine: Thames Iron Works

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909   Sold (15/06/09) to Boieldieu Cie Rouennaise de Nav., Rouen, France for use on the River Seine at Rouen,
           and named BOIELDIEU.


WHITTINGTON
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 – 1907 London County Council's River Thames service
1909  Sold (20/07/09) for service in Russia.

NOTES:

**  one of these was renamed AZIZIAH  (ex EDMUND IRONSIDE, FITZAILWIN or FRANCIS DRAKE).