Drawing of The Queen
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | The Queen |
Owner | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Port of registry | London |
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Builder | Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Yard number | 682 |
Launched | 4 April 1903 |
Completed | June 1903 |
Maiden voyage | 27 June 1903 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 26 October 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,676 GRT, 695 NRT |
Length | 309.9 ft (94.5 m) |
Beam | 40.0 ft (12.2 m) |
Depth | 15.7 ft (4.8 m) |
Installed power | 800 RHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
The Queen was an English Channel passenger ferry that was built in 1903 and sunk in 1916. She was the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR)'s first steam turbine ship.
In 1908 The Queen was damaged in a collision with another SECR ferry. Early in the First World War she was a troop ship. In 1916 she was captured by one German destroyer and then sunk by another.