Troopship Princess Victoria

[spike10764]

I'm looking for a jpeg of the Troopship Princess Victoria, which took troops across the channel to the Western Front.

It was quoted in a book as the ship that took 11th Border Regiment from Folkestone to Boulogne in November 1915.

Any help or ideas where I might find a picture would be very welcome....

Regards Spike

[Malcolm]

PRINCESS VICTORIA is listed as a Fleet Messanger from June 1915 formerly a Seaplane Patrol 1914 to June 1915. Pendant No was Y4.9, 1687 tons launched 1912.

Aye

Malcolm

[michaeldr]

Sorry no picture, but a little more info

1678 tons. Built in 1912. Sailed on the Stranraer/Larne route for the Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Railways Joint Committee [previously (1872-1890) The Larne & Stranraer Steamboat Co.] Served as a troop ship from 1914-1919. Scrapped 1934

For a picture of the ship, you might try the archives for the local newspapers in either Stranraer or Larne

Regards

Michael D.R.

[Malcolm]

Not strictly related but her replacement in 1947 PRINCESS VICTORIA was lost in a storm 31st January 1953 along with 300 passengers off Belfast Lough.

Aye

Malcolm

[markinbelfast]

Seen in Belfast Yesterday a book about the sinking of the Victoria...at the start theres bit and photographs about the other ships that sailed this route..think your ship is there...

[spike10764]

Do you have the name of this book?

Thanks... Spike

[markinbelfast]

here

or here

[spike10764]

Many thanks

Spike

[larneman]

Not strictly related but her replacement in 1947 PRINCESS VICTORIA was lost in a storm 31st January 1953 along with 300 passengers off Belfast Lough

Not strictly related but her replacement was sunk on 21 May 1940 in the Humber estuary.The "HMS" PRINCESS VICTORIA was crewed by Larne and Stranraer men. 36 lives were lost.

liam

[larneman]

A photograph of the 1912-1933 on the Larne-Stranraer Route

From 11 Oct 1914 till 22 April 1920 she was on war work.

[spike10764]

Thanks very much Larneman

[markinbelfast]

Did you ever get the book?

[Lost in Tilloy]

Hi Spike

THis may be the the wrong SS Princess Victiria, but there is a picture of a smallish steamship that looked as though it could carried a couple of hundred. I found it on the following link in Google:

www.falmouth.packet.archives.dial.pipex.com/id85.htm

Sorry if its the wrong one, but worth a try.

Regards

LIT