First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
The Barry Railway Co (optd Barry & Bristol Channel Steamship Co), Cardiff |
Cardiff |
07/04/1905 |
Other names |
1910 LADY MOYRA - 1933 BRIGHTON QUEEN |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1907 Red Funnel Line Ltd, Cardiff 1908 Barry Railway Co, Cardiff 1910 Furness Railway Co, Barrow-in-Furness - reg Barrow 1919 W H Tucker & Co Ltd, Cardiff - reg Cardiff 1922 P & A Campbell Ltd, Bristol 1933 - reg Bristol |
Vessel history |
For Bristol Channel excursion trade as "Red Funnel Steamers". Legally, the Barry Railway Co could only operate ships from Barry Pier; to circumvent this restriction she was registered in the names of William Symonds, William Lewis, Herbert Rees-Jones and Howard Radford, four of the company's directors, and later transferred to an associated company, Red Funnel Line Ltd.
1914 519grt 198nrt; c1932 807grt 321nrt.
21/11/1915-9/7/1919 requisitioned by Admiralty as a minesweeper. 10/1939 requisitioned by Admiralty |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1940 |
Bombed 01/06/1940 |
Disposal Detail |
Sunk by aircraft bombing during evacuation of Dunkirk |
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