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ALLEYN
Builder: Thames Iron Works    Engine: Thames Iron Works.

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (20/7/09) to George Martin, Dundee, Scotland.
          (Alistair Deayton - to Tay Steamboat Co. for use on Tay inc to Bridge of Earn)
1912 Sold to Frederick Walters, Newhaven;
           (Alistair Deayton - managed by RR Collard excursions from Southampton and occasional use on Seaview-
           Southsea ferry service)
1914 Sold to Bembridge & Seaview Steam Packet Co;
            (Alistair Deayton - chartered by group of Seaview residents for use on Seaview-Southsea ferry service.
            Uncertain if RN granted permission for use as such in 1915)
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 41, then PT 41;
1920 Acquired by Mr Semouha.

BOYDELL
Builder: Thames Iron Works    Engine: Thames Iron Works.

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (15/6/09) to the Royal Servian Privilege Steamship Co. (Serbia) for service on the Danube at Belgrade.
BRUNEL
Builder: Thames Iron Works    Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock
(Tramscape gives engine builder as Thames Iron Works).

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (20/07/09) to the Millbrook Steamboat Company for service on the River Tamar at Plymouth.
                 (Burtt gives: J. Parsons, Plymouth)
                 (Alisdair Deayton gives date of 1910 and use as a market boat passenger/cargo service on Tamar to
                 Calstock, and excursions)
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 42, then PT 42;
1920 Euphrates & Tigris S N Co;
1924 Mesopotamia Persia Corp;
1926 Scrapped.

BEN JONSON
Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton     Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909         Sold (20/07/09) to to Dampfshiffgesellschaft der Vierwaldstattersee & left London on September 27th
1909.        Towed to Duisburg in Germany, then sailed up the Rhine to Basel under her own power.
                  Dismantled and taken overland to Luzern - extensively rebuilt for passenger service on Lake Luzern
                  with small fore and aft deck saloons. Renamed PS RHEIN.
1939 Withdrawn after an unsuccessful service.
1942 The boiler was sold
1944 The engine was scrapped.
1946 Ship stripped to the hull.
1949 (February 2nd) Re-entered service as MV WALDSTATTER, with a new (Sulzer) diesel engine, screws
                  instead of paddles and a new superstructure.
1995 (12th December) Withdrawn from service, after which she lay at the SGV dock until being used as an
                   accommodation ship.
2001 Scrapped at Beckenried

CARLYLE
Builder: Thames Iron Works     Engine: Thames Iron Works

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (15/06/09) to George Martin, Dundee
1911 Sold to Tay Steamboat Company, Dundee for service on the River Tay
1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 44, then PT 44
???? Sold to Euphrates & Tigris S N Co (also reported as to Anglo-Persian Oil Co); no subsequent trace

CAXTON
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold (15/06/09) to a Mr C.A. Stewart & Co, London.

CHARLES LAMB (Originally to be named BAYNARD) Alistair Deayton states BAYNARD COLECHURCH
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1909 Sold to the City Steamboat Co and probably sailed on the Thames in the 1910 season.
???? Sold to owners at Genoa, Italy, renamed ZULEMA.
           Alisdair Deayton - Sold for use on Lake Lugano. Sailed to Genoa - overland to Porlezzo. Rebuilt with fore
           & aft saloons and entered service in 1911 as LOMBARDIA. Withdrawn 1921 unecconomical (coal).
1925   Broken up at Lugano

CHAUCER
Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock

1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.
1907 - (www.clydesite.co.uk states 1909) Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames.
1910    (www.clydesite.co.uk states 1914) Sold to owners at Nantes, France and renamed VILLE D'ANGERS.

The Decline, Fall & Eventual Fate of the
London County Council Paddle Steamer Fleet
of 1905

Details of Each Ferry and its Subsequent Fate

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