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Clacton Belle
Launched on
February 26th 1890 by Wm Denny & Bros at Dumbarton
Engines : Compound diagonal, 28 and 50 in x 60 in
Dimensions : 246 ft x 35.5 ft
458 Gross registered Tons
Built for the London,
Woolwich and Clacton-on-Sea Steamboat Co entering service from London
to Clacton in May 1890
Requisitioned for war service in August 1915, converted to being a
minesweeper and based at Sheerness
Spent most of 1916 and 1917 based at Harwich before being posted to
Liverpool
Released from Admiralty duty in November 1919, she became the
posession of her pre war owners' liquidators
In 1921, the company's assets had passed to Mr Kingsman and Clacton
Belle was re-activated for service
Purchased by the PSM Syndicate in 1922
Put up for auction with her fleetmates in early 1925 and she became
owned by the East Anglian Steamship Co
Scrapped at Grays in 1929
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