Waverley (1899)

Ownership

1899 North British Steam Packet Company, Glasgow
1902 North British Railway Company
(11/1915 - 1919 Admiralty requisition)
1923 LNER
(09/1939 Admiralty requisition)

Routes

Clyde services

Shipbuilder

A.& J. Inglis & Co., Glasgow (yard no. 257)
Launched 29/05/1899; Completed 1899

Dimensions

GRT: 449grt

Length: 235ft

Beam: 26ft.

Engine builder

A.& J. Inglis & Co., Glasgow

Propulsion

Compound diagonal 2cyl, 37" & 67" x 66", 304hp
Paddle wheel.

Notes

Served as a minesweeper 1915-1919 and again from 1939.
Sent to Dunkirk on 29 May 1940 and embarked about 400 troops but was bombed on the return voyage and sank later in the day.