| The Decline, Fall & Eventual Fate of the London County Council Paddle Steamer Fleet of 1905 |
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| CHRISTOPHER WREN Builder: G. Rennie & Co., Greenwich (subcontracted from J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton. Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames. 1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 43, then PT 43. 1920 Euphrates & Tigris S. N. Co. 1922 Scrapped COLECHURCH Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 Sold (20/07/09) for service on Lake Lugano, sailing to Genoa before being transported overland. 1911 Entered service under the name LOMBARDIA 1921 Withdrawn 1925 Scrapped at Lugano EARL GODWIN Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames. 1914 Transferred to the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Line of the CR and NBR railways for service on Loch Lomond, Scotland as QUEEN MARY, but seriously damaged by fire soon after arriving at Balloch and never used in service. 1929 Scrapped EDMUND IRONSIDE Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames. 1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 40, then PT 40 1920 Acquired by Abdul al Khedery, Baghdad** FITZAILWIN Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.. 1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames. 1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as PS 45, then PT 45. 1920 Acquired by Abdul al Khedery, Baghdad** FRANCIS DRAKE Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service.. 1909 Sold (06/04/09) to Escaut & Rupel Steam Navigation Co. Tamise, Belgium for service at Antwerp and renamed WILFORD I. 1914 Escaped to England 1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as T 60, then PT 60, then PT 46. 1920 Acquired by Abdul al Khedery, Baghdad** GIBBON Builder: Thames Iron Works Engine: Thames Iron Works 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 Sold (06/04/09) to K. Bohr�, Esscenweg, Rotterdam. ???? Sold to Mafalda Soc. Di Nav. A Vao. Puglia, Bari,Italy & renamed MAFALDA |
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