![]() Twickenham Ferry
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Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard number | 1446 |
Launched | 15 March 1934 |
Completed | July 1934 |
In service | 1934 |
Out of service | 1974 |
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Fate | Scrapped |
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Tonnage | |
Length | 346 ft 8 in (105.66 m) |
Beam | 60 ft 7 in (18.47 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Depth | 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m) |
Installed power | Four steam turbines, single reduction geared |
Propulsion | Twin screw propellers |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Notes | Sister ships Hampton Ferry and Shepperton Ferry. |
Twickenham Ferry was a train ferry built in 1934 for the Southern Railway. She served during the Second World War as a minesweeper and returned to merchant service post-war, serving until 1974 when she was scrapped.