PS Princess Elizabeth

PS Princess Elizabeth in the Port de Plaisance du Bassin de la Marine, Dunkerque
History
Name
  • PS Princess Elizabeth (1926–1939)[1]
  • HMS Princess Elizabeth (1939–1944)[1]
  • PS Princess Elizabeth (1944–)[1]
BuilderDay, Summers and Company[1]
Launched2 June 1927
IdentificationPennant number J111 (1939–1944)[2]
General characteristics
Tonnage388 GRT[3]

PS Princess Elizabeth is a passenger-carrying paddle steamer which was built by Day, Summers and Company in 1927 for Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited,[1][3] that is noted for being one of the Little Ships of Dunkirk,[1][3] and is now a static floating restaurant in Dunkirk.[4][3]

Named for the then newborn Princess Elizabeth the paddle steamer Princess Elizabeth originally entered service to carry passengers from Southampton and Bournemouth to Cowes on the Isle of Wight.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mace, Martin (30 July 2017). The Royal Navy at Dunkirk: Commanding Officers' Reports of British Warships In Action During Operation Dynamo. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1473886728.
  2. ^ Bush, Steve; Warlow, Ben (31 July 2021). Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy: A Complete History of the Allocation of Pendant Numbers to Royal Navy Warships & Auxiliaries. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781526793812.
  3. ^ a b c d Weir, Philip (22 December 2020). Dunkirk and the Little Ships. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781784423759.
  4. ^ "Come aboard the Princess Elizabeth". Dunkirque Tourisme. Retrieved 19 September 2021.