| Name: | TWICKENHAM FERRY |
| Type: | Ferry (RO-RO) |
| Launched: | 15/03/1934 |
| Completed: | 07/1934 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1446 |
| 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, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 163500 |
| History: | |
| 12/07/1934 | Southern Railway Co, London |
| 1936 | Société Anonyme de Navigation Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace, Dunkerque |
| 26/05/1974 | Broken up |
| Comments: | In service on the Dover to Dunkerque route |
| Capacity for 12 x sleeping cars or 40 x goods waggons, 25 x cars & 500 x passengers | |
| 1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty, renamed HMS TWICKENHAM | |
| 1939: Converted for mine laying | |
| 1940: Used as a troop transport | |
| 1944: Fitted with a heavy gantry crane for lifting locomotives | |
| 1947: Returned to owners; renamed TWICKENHAM FERRY | |
| 26/05/1974: Broken up at San Esteban de Pravia by Steelnorte |
Above photo is copyright of Ted Ingham
Above photo, showing the heavy lift gantry, is courtesy of Roy Thornton
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Above photo is copyright of Ted Ingham
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