| The Decline, Fall & Eventual Fate of the London County Council Paddle Steamer Fleet of 1905 |
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| RENNIE Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock Burtt gives builder as G. Rennie, Greenwich. 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 to 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames. ???? Sold to the Societe de Suc et Raf de Ponts in Belgium. 1916 Returned to the UK and requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as T 63, then PT 63, then PT 48; 1920 Euphrates & Tigris S. N. Co. SHAKESPEARE Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton Engine: Scotts Engineering Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 � 1914 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames. 1914 Sold to the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Line of the CR and NBR railways for service on Loch Lomond, Scotland renamed PRINCESS PATRICIA 1938 (May), sold for dismantling at Balloch SLOANE Builder: Thames Iron Works Engine: Thames Iron Works 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 Sold to the City Steamboat Company for further use on the Thames. ???? Possibly sold to Germany for service on the Rhein THOMAS MORE Builder: J.I. Thorneycroft, Southampton Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 Sold (06/04/09), (with FRANCIS DRAKE), to Escaut & Rupel Steam Navigation Co. Tamise, Belgium for use out of Antwerp and renamed WILFORD II 1916 Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Marine/War Office for use in Mesopotamia as as T 61, then PT 61, then PT 47. 1920 Euphrates & Tigris S N Co but reported to be burnt to the waterline. TURNER Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock Alisdaire Deayton reports that she was originally to be called KING ALFRED 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 Sold (20/07/09) for service on the Rhein in Germany possibly for Koln-Mulheimer Co. VANBRUGH Builder: Thames Iron Works Engine: Thames Iron Works 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service. 1909 Sold (15/06/09) to Boieldieu Cie Rouennaise de Nav., Rouen, France for use on the River Seine at Rouen, and named BOIELDIEU. WHITTINGTON Builder: Napier Miller, Glasgow Engine: Scotts Engineering, Greenock 1905 � 1907 London County Council's River Thames service 1909 Sold (20/07/09) for service in Russia. NOTES: ** one of these was renamed AZIZIAH (ex EDMUND IRONSIDE, FITZAILWIN or FRANCIS DRAKE). |
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