Vera

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Built by the Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Company in 1898, the Vera was a twin-screw ship of 1,063 tons with engines developing 4,500 i.h.p. for a speed of 191/2 knots. She sank a German submarine by gunfire off the Isle of Wight in the First World War. After a very long life the Vera was scrapped in 1933.

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Built in 1897-'98 by Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Company, #330, for London & South Western Railway Co., London, launched 04-07-'98.
Passenger Vessel, Gt:1136, Nt:227, L:82,30m. (270') B:10,70m. (35.1') 2-4 cyl triple expansion engine:254 nhp. 18 kn.
Service Southampton - Channel Islands - Le Havre - St. Malo.
1923 Southern Railway Co., London.
09-11-'33 sold for scrap to T.W. Ward, Pembroke.

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

Guernsey 2015, 56 p.