| Name: | SHEPPERTON FERRY |
| Type: | Ferry (RO-RO) |
| Launched: | 23/10/1934 |
| Completed: | 03/1935 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1450 |
| 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: | 163583 |
| History: | |
| 14/03/1935 | Southern Railway Co, London |
| 1948 | British Transport Commission, Southern Region, London |
| 17/09/1972 | Broken up |
| Comments: | In service on the Dover to Dunkerque route |
| 1939:Requisitioned by the Admiralty, renamed HMS SHEPPERTON | |
| 1939: Converted for mine laying | |
| 1940: Used as a troop transport | |
| 1944: Fitted with a heavy gantry crane for lifting locomotives. | |
| See sister ship HAMPTON FERRY for details & photos | |
| 1945: Gantry crane removed & returned to owners; renamed SHEPPERTON FERRY | |
| 17/09/1972: Broken up at Bilbao |
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Above photo showing the heavy lift gantry, is courtesy of Roy Thornton
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Above photo is copyright of Bob Scott
Above profile & plan is courtesy of Roy Thornton