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Golden Eagle
Built in 1909 by
John Brown & Co at Clydebank
Engines : Triple expansion, diagonal
Dimensions: 275.7 ft x 32.1 ft
793 Gross Registered
Tonnes
The first paddler
powered by Triple Expansion engines bought for the Thames
Used during World War I as a transport ship on the English
Channel
Returned to its regular London run to the North Kent resorts of
Margate and Ramsgate
Reboilered in 1934, converted to oil fuel
Based at Sheerness at the beginning of World War II and made several
crossings to Dunkirk for the evacuations at the end of May 1940
Returned to civilian cruising in 1947, but remained on station for
only three years
Scrapped at Grays in 1951
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