PS Gracie Fields
PS Gracie Fields was a paddle steamer built in 1936 as a ferry and excursion steamer for Red Funnel of Southampton at the Thornycroft yard at Woolston. She ran on the Southampton-Cowes route until the outbreak of World War II, when she was requisitioned and served as HMS Gracie Fields as a minesweeper. After successfully evacuating troops from the Dunkirk beaches, she was seriously damaged by an aircraft bomb on 29 May 1940, and sank the following morning.
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PS Gracie Fields
PS Gracie Fields was a paddle steamer built in 1936 as a ferry and excursion steamer for Red Funnel of Southampton at the Thornycroft yard at Woolston. She ran on the Southampton-Cowes route until the outbreak of World War II, when she was requisitioned and served as HMS Gracie Fields as a minesweeper. After successfully evacuating troops from the Dunkirk beaches, she was seriously damaged by an aircraft bomb on 29 May 1940, and sank the following morning.
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PS Gracie Fields was a paddle ...... nd sank the following morning.
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1936-04-08
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Sunk by air raid 30 May 1940
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John I Thornycroft & Co, Woolston
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May 1936
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Official number: 165053
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1936-04-08
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Requisitioned by Admiralty in 1939, used as minesweeper off Dover
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The Southampton, Isle of Wight ...... l Steam Packet Company Limited
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Compound diagonal steam engine
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Paddle steamer
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PS Gracie Fields was a paddle ...... nd sank the following morning.
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PS Gracie Fields
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