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Thames
Estuary, River Medway, Kent, Essex and East Anglia Coast, England,
U.K.
Medway Steam Packet
Co Ltd
Formed in 1881 in
succession to a company operating a ferry service on the Medway
between Chatham and Sheerness. originally operating three elderly
steamers, Princess of Wales was added new in 1896 and a second City
of Rochester in 1904. These two vessels were operating a Medway
service when requisitioned at the outbreak of World War I. After the
war, the two vessels reappeared for the New Medway Steam Packet
Company.
PS City of Rochester
PS Alma
PS Lady Margaret
PS Princess of Wales
PS City of Rochester (1904-1914)
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