SS Princess Ena (1906)

NameSS Princess Ena

Operator

1905–1923: London and South Western Railway
1923–1935: Southern Railway

Yard number224

History




Name	SS Princess Ena
Operator	1905–1923: London and South Western Railway 1923–1935: Southern Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Gourlay Brothers, Dundee
Yard number	224
Launched	25 May 1906
Fate	Caught fire and sank 3 August 1935


General characteristics
Tonnage	1,198 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	250.6 feet (76.4 m)
Beam	33.3 feet (10.1 m)
Draught	15.1 feet (4.6 m)

TSS Princess Ena was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1906.^[1]

She was built by Gourlay Brothers in Dundee and launched on 25 May 1906.^[2] She was built as a replacement for the Hilda, lost in the English Channel in 1905. She was built in four months, with the order being placed in December 1905.

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1915 and converted to a Q-ship. She returned to railway service at the conclusion of hostilities.

She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923.

On 3 August 1935 she caught fire on a passage from Jersey to St Malo and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Jersey, Channel Islands.^[3]

The crew were rescued by Duke of Normandy and St. Julien.^[4]

References

↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
↑ "Shipbuilders' Feat. Smart Work at Dundee Yard". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Dundee. 25 May 1906. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Sinking of the Princess Ena". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 5 August 1935. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Burning steamer sunk". The Times. No. 47134. London. 5 August 1935. col. F, p. 10.

Ships operated by the London and South Western Railway

LSWR operated ships

Ada
Alberta
Alice
Alliance
Alma
Ardena
Bertha
Brittany (I)
Brittany (II)
Caesarea
Cherbourg
Columbia
Courrier
Diana
Dora
Ella
Express
Fannie
Frederica
Guernsey
Frederica
Hantonia
Havre
Hilda
Honfleur
Laura
Lorina
Lydia
Lymington
Mayflower
Normandy
Normannia
Princess Ena
Sarnia
Solent (I)
Solent (II)
Solent (III)
South Western (I)
South Western (II)
Southampton
Stella
Ulrica
Vera
Victoria
Waverley
Wolf
Wonder

Jointly operated with the
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

Duchess of Albany
Duchess of Connaught
Duchess of Edinburgh
Duchess of Fife
Duchess of Kent
Duchess of Norfolk
Duchess of Richmond
Princess Margaret
Victoria

v t e Ships operated by the Southern Railway
Ex LB&SCR ships	Arundel Brighton Dieppe La France Newhaven Paris Rouen Sussex Versailles
Ex L&SWR ships	Ada Alberta Ardena Bertha Brittany (renamed Aldershot in 1933) Caesaria Cherbourg Hantonia Laura Lorina Lymington Normannia Princess Ena Ulrica Vera
Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships	PS Duchess of Albany PS Duchess of Kent PS Duchess of Fife PS Duchess of Norfolk PS Princess Margaret
Ex SE&CR ships	Biarritz Canterbury Empress Engadine Invicta Maid of Orleans Riviera Victoria
Ships built for the SR	Arromanches Autocarrier Brighton Brittany Canterbury Deal Dinard Falaise Fratton Freshwater Hampton Ferry Haslemere Hythe Invicta Isle of Guernsey Isle of Jersey Isle of Sark Isle of Thanet Londres Maid of Kent Maidstone Merstone Minster Portsdown Ringwood Ryde Sandown Shepperton Ferry Shanklin Southsea St Briac Tonbridge Twickenham Ferry Worthing Whippingham Whitstable
Ships managed for the Ministry of War Transport	Empire Alde

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1935
Shipwrecks	2 Jan: Lexington 24 Jan: Mohawk 25 Jan: Rondo 20 Feb: Vila 24 Apr: HMAS Geranium, HMAS Mallow 25 Jun: USS Marcus 26 Jun: USS Sloat 9 Jul: Maheno 31 Jul: Verdi 1 Aug: HMAS Marguerite 3 Aug: Princess Ena 17 Sep: HMS L52 31 Oct: Viator Unknown date: Chikuma, Ro-20, Ro-21, Ro-28
Other incidents	6 Jan: Havana 25 Jan: Dumana January (unknown date): Ruth Kellogg 6 Feb: Branksea 2 Mar: Pommern 10 Apr: Aquitania 11 Apr: Letitia 12 May: USS Sicard 21 May: Naïade 25 May: I-24 May (unknown date): Ruth Kellogg 12 Jun: HMS Hastings 13 Jul: L'Espoir 1 Aug: Akatsuki, I-6 16 Aug: Letitia 4 Sep Prince Rupert 5 Sep: Doric 29 Sep: Rotterdam 17 Oct: Noemijulia 5 Dec: Branksea Unknown date: Giulio Cesare
1934 1936

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