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Royal Sovereign
Like many major steamer operator companies, New Palace Steamers
published their own post cards - an effective marketing tool if posted
home from the many trippers and holidaymakers using their palatial
steamers. Although the company was not to survive the First World War
and paddler Koh-i-Noor went for scrap, Royal Sovereign went on to have
a much longer life on the Thames
Built in
1893 by Fairfield at Govan, Glasgow
Engines : Compound diagonal 33 and 45 in x 66 in
Dimensions : 300.2 ft x 33.1 ft
891 Gross Registered
Tons
Introduced on the
London and North Kent (Margate / Ramsgate) run in 1893 for Victoria
subsidiary Palace Steamers Ltd
Held under mortgage by the builders and re-registered with New Palace
Steamers Ltd after the mortgage was foreclosed.
Not requisitioned during World War I, lying laid up at Tilbury
Fairfields wound up New Palace Steamers Ltd and the vessel was sold
in march 1918 to shipbroker Mr A W Pickard
Passed to the Royal Sovereign Steamship Company, established by Mr
Pickard and three associates
Remained on her traditional Kent coast run
With the collapse of the Royal Sovereign Steamship Co, she passed to erstwhile
competitors General Steam Navigation Company
Sailed for the GSN in the 1929 season only, going to Dutch breakers
in 1930.
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