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MV
Royal Sovereign (1937)
Built in
1937 by Wm Denny & Bros at Dumbarton
Engines : Diesel
Dimensions : 269.6 ft x 47 ft
1527 Gross Registered
Tonnes
Ordered by the New
Medway Steam Packet Co, but put into service by the GSN who had in
the meantime bought the New Medway company
Operated excursions from the Thames Estuary resorts including trips
to French and Belgian ports
On the outbreak of war in August 1939, she undertook evacuation of
civilian population from London and acte as a cross-channel
trooper
Crossed to Dunkirk to assist in the evacuations at the end of May
1940, making her last departure from the French port early on June
3rd
Lost after being mined on the Bristol Channel on December 9th,
1940
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