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Crested Eagle
Built in 1925 by J
Samuel White at Cowes
Engines : Triple expansion, diagonal 30, 46 and 69.25 in x 66 in
Dimensions: 299.7 ft x 34.6 ft
1110 Gross Registered
Tons
Built with
oil-fired boilers from the outset, she was placed on the London to
Ramsgate service
Originally built with a telescopic funnel and hinged mast to allow
access to Old Swan Pier in London
Switched to the East Anglian coast service
(London-Southend-Clacton-Felixstowe) in 1932
Went to Sheerness after initial London evacuation work at the
beginning of World War II
Bombed and sunk on May 28th 1940 shortly after leaving Dunkirk after
her first crossing to evacuate allied
troops
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