tonyblackpool Posted 25 January , 2007 Share Posted 25 January , 2007 Hi Jarvis, Wonderful stuff, many thanks and a great website that one! It's all starting to sink in.(excuse awful pun!) Anyway, I am beginning to smell the sea air (about 30 miles from here) and I must say I have enjoyed these communications. It's been a change from being in the trenches. I wonder if someone, somewhere has a photo of this ship loaded with soldiers? What a grand sight that would be! Cheers, Tony hi tony check this out www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10174014&wwwflag=2&imagepos=8 - 28k - Cached - Similar pages ss invicta ww1, hms invicta ww2, ts invicta 1946 onwards ,lots of info on hms invicta ww2 lsi, small , tony in bl/pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A.Savery Posted 26 January , 2007 Share Posted 26 January , 2007 hi tony check this out www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10174014&wwwflag=2&imagepos=8 - 28k - Cached - Similar pages ss invicta ww1, hms invicta ww2, ts invicta 1946 onwards ,lots of info on hms invicta ww2 lsi, small , tony in bl/pool Hi Tony, Thanks for trying. Unfortunately the only images that I can find there are of the WW2 version of the Invicta. Otherwise it's a great site to know about. Cheers, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAE Posted 12 September , 2009 Share Posted 12 September , 2009 I found this on You-Tube this morning, and wondered which Invicta this was, about 3 minutes in. Good nostalgia film for anybody, though. Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spithead Posted 12 September , 2009 Share Posted 12 September , 2009 Hello Brian There was only one INVICTA for the time period, sister to the QUEEN. I cannot open the two web pages below so cannot compare, but the following line drawing should help. INVICTA Built April 19 1905 for the South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Ton. 1,680g Launched June 9. Delivered July 3, for the Dover-Calais service. 1914 Remained on her cross channel route: carried passengers and troops. 1923 transfered to French S.A.G.A. 1933 April: broken up. Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in Tilloy Posted 12 September , 2009 Share Posted 12 September , 2009 Not sure if this is the same ship as the drawing. Certainly has a double funnel. http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/...Invicta-05.html Regards LIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabtoe Posted 18 September , 2009 Share Posted 18 September , 2009 Does any one have any details or a picture of the steamer Invicta? This was the vessel which transported my Great Uncle and the rest of the Bucks Battalion to France in March 1915. The Battalion diary states they left Folkestone at 9.30pm and arrived Boulogne 10.40pm. Can this be correct? a crossing of 1hr 10 mins. That is quicker than the modern ferries! any details gratefully received Hope this helps- it's copied from a postcard showing S.S. Invicta leaving Folkestone harbour, postcard not dated but the background scene is as the harbour was around the time of the Great War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onesearch Posted 1 May , 2012 Share Posted 1 May , 2012 I know this topic was last replied to a quite a while ago but I thought I might just add a little to that already written, & its just a bit short of being 97 years since my Grandfather was on the SS Invicta On the 11th May the btn. Transport of 6th KOSB marched to Liphook & entrained. They detrained & boarded the Invicta at Folkstone, sailing to Le Havre. The ship then returned to Folkstone. On 12th May 1915 the rest of 6th KOSB arrived in France, & they too crossed the channel on the Invicta. There were 26 officers & 856 men of the 6th KOSB who had boarded ship at 8.30 pm. having marched to Liphook where they entrained. The ship moored up at about 11.30 pm. in Boulogne harbour & the men disembarked. During the crossing the men were not allowed on deck, the officers were & the ship was kept in darkness. The troop ship & escort became separted, with a mist adding to the uneasiness of the crossing regards Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy London Posted 18 February , 2015 Share Posted 18 February , 2015 Wasn't there an "Invicta" with a memorial plaque to the WW1 ship in service crossing the Channel in the 1960s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Ball Posted 3 March Share Posted 3 March (edited) @BRIAN TALMER I’ve just come across the SS Invicta as she ferried the soldier I’m researching back home on leave in September 1915 from Boulogne to Folkestone. Further research suggests this was the ferry in question. The image was obtained from the link at the bottom, where it reveals that she was sold off and broken up in 1932. “Built for the South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Used to ferry new units and reinforcements from Folkestone to France. Sold in 1923 to the Soc. Anon de Gerance et d'Armement, Calais (S.A.G.A.). In late 1932 she was broken up at Dunkerque.” Edited 3 March by Tracey Ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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