Out of service May 1962 Draught 14.5 feet (4.4 m) Length 53 m Beam 13 m | Fate Scrapped Launched 15 May 1929 Draft 4.42 m | |
Name 1931-1962 TSS Sir John Hawkins Operator 1831-1948 Great Western Railway1948-1962 British Railways Builders Earle's Shipbuilding, Kingston upon Hull | ||
TSS Sir John Hawkins was a passenger tender vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1929.
History
TSS Sir John Hawkins was built by Earle’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Hull and launched on 15 May 1929. She was one of a pair built for tendering duties in Plymouth harbour, her sister TSS Sir Richard Grenville being launched two years later.
On 27 August 1940 she was damaged during an air raid. Following repairs she was taken over by the Royal Navy in January 1941 and saw service at Plymouth, Scapa Flow and Pentland Firth. She was returned to the GWR at Plymouth on 22 November 1945 and remained stationed there until 1962 when she was sold for scrap
References
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