Thames Queen 1940
less than 1000 BRT:
| Ambassador (ex-Embassy, ex-Duchess of Norfolk) (1911, 387, 1 - 76/40, 11.1939 - 1945), Brighton Belle (ex-Lady Evelyn) (1900, 396, 10.1939 - 8.5.1940), Brighton Queen (ex-Lady Moyra, ex-Gwalia) (1905, 807, 10.1939 - 1.6.1940), City of Rochester (1904, 235, 9.1939 - 19.5.1941), Devonia (1905, 520, 1 - 76/40, 10.1939 - 31.5.1940), Duchess of Cornwall (1896, 302, 1940 - 23.11.1940), Duchess of Fife (1903, 336, 11.1939 - 1.1945), Duchess of Rothesay (1894, 385, 11.1939 - 7.1942), Emperor of India (ex-Princess Royal, ex-Mahratta) (1906, 534, 1 - 76/40, 11.1939 - 11.1940), Essex Queen (ex-Walton Belle) (1897, 389, 9.1939 - 1.1940), Glen Avon (1912, 509, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 5.1942), Glen Gower, 1.1942- Glenmore (1922, 553, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 7.1942), Glen Usk (1914, 524, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 5.1942), Goatfell (ex-Caledonia) (1934, 624, 1 - 76/40, 11.1939 - 6.1941), Gracie Fields (1936, 393, 10.1939 - 29.5.1940), Helvellyn (ex-Juno) (1937, 642, 9.1939 - 20.3.1941), Jeannie Deans (1931, 635, 10.1939 - 5.1941), Kylemore (1897, 319, 9.1939 - 21.8.1940), Laguna Belle (ex-Southend Belle) (1896, 617, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 9.1942), Lorna Doone (1891, 410, 12.1939 - 5.1942), Marmion (1906, 409, 1 - 76/40, 10.1939 - 9.4.1941), Medway Queen (1924, 318, 9.1939 - 1.1944), Mercury (1934, 621, 9.1939 - 25.12.1940), Oriole (ex-Eagle III) (1910, 441, 11.1939 - 1943), Plinlimmon (ex-Cambria, ex-Cambridge) (1895, 436, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 7.1942), Princess Elizabeth (1927, 388, 9.1939 - 9.1942), Queen Empress (1912, 411, 10.1939 - 1942), Queen of Kent (ex-Atherstone) (1916, 798, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 1.1944), Queen of Thanet (ex-Melton) (1916, 792, 9.1939 - 1.1944), Rhyde (1937, 603, 1 - 102/40, 2.1940 - 7.1942), Sandown (1934, 684, 1 - 76/40, 10.1939 - 7.1942), Scawfell (ex-Jupiter) (1937, 642, 1 - 76/40, 10.1939 - 1941), Skiddaw (ex-Britannia, ex-Britain) (1896, 483, 1 - 76/40, 11.1939 - 8.1942), Snaefell (ex-Weaverley ex-Barry) (1907, 466, 1 - 76/40, 10.1939 - 5.7.1941), Southsea (1930, 825, 1 - 102/40, 2.1940 - 16.2.1941), Thames Queen (ex-Queen of Southend, ex-Yarmouth Belle) (1898, 517, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 4.1942), Waverley (1899, 537, 10.1939 - 29.5.1940), Westward Ho! (ex-Westward Queen, ex-Westhope) (1894, 438, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 7.1942), Whippingham (1930, 825, 1 - 76/40, 3.1942 - 1942) |
Project history: paddle tugs converted to minesweepers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events. Majority was later converted to coastal AA ships.
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