| Name: | HAMPTON FERRY |
| Type: | Train Ferry (Ro-Ro) |
| Launched: | 30/07/1934 |
| Completed: | 11/1934 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1448 |
| Dimensions: | 2839grt, 1044nrt, 346.8 x 60.7 x 18.2ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 948nhp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 163542 |
| History: | |
| 06/11/1934 | Southern Railway Co, London |
| 1948 | British Transport Commission, Southern Region |
| 1963 | British Railways Board, London |
| 1969 | Claxton Ltd (DJ Chandris), Hamilton, Bermuda |
| 1971 | Renamed TRE ARDDUR |
| 05/07/1973 | Broken up |
| Comments: | In service on the Dover to Dunkerque route |
| 1939:Requisitioned by the Admiralty, renamed HMS HAMPTON | |
| 1939: Converted for mine laying | |
| 1940: Used as a troop transport | |
| 1944: Fitted with a heavy gantry crane for lifting steam locomotives (up to 84 tons) | |
| 1944: Crane fabricated by Palmers at Hebburn & fitted by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead | |
| 1947: Gantry removed and returned to owners; renamed HAMPTON FERRY | |
| 05/07/1973: Arrived at Valencia for breaking up | |
| Broken up by Industrial y Comercial de Levante |
Above photo is courtesy of Roy Thornton
Above photo, showing her as fitted with a gantry crane, is courtesy of Roy Thornton
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Above photo is courtesy of Roy Thornton
Above photo is courtesy of Roy Thornton
Above photo is courtesy of Michael Woodland
Above photo is copyright of Ted Ingham
Above photo as TRE-ARDDUR is copyright of Mike Lennon, Andreas Worteler collection
Above profile & plan is courtesy of Roy Thornton