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Balmoral
Built in 1900 by S
McKnight at Ayr
Engines : Compound diagonal 36.5 x 66.5 in x 66 in by Hutson of
Glasgow
Dimensions : 236 ft x 27.1 ft
473 Gross Registered Tonnes
Built for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South
of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
With full-length promenade deck and fast speed (average 19.25 knots
on trial), she took the prestige excursion trips
Regularly visited the Sussex and Devon coasts and crossed to
Cherbourg in France.
Her speed came with expense and she was only used during the peak
summer seasons.
Reboilered for the 1908 season and again on reconditioning after
service in World War I
Requisitioned in February 1915 she started as a trooper then became a
minesweeper at Portland
Returned to peacetime service in 1921
In World War I she served as an anti-aircraft ship on the Thames and
as an accommodation ship on the Clyde.
Returned to Southampton in January 1947 but on account of her poor
condition, not refitted.
Moved to the breaker’s yard on December 31st 1948 and dismantled
during 1949.
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