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PS Francis Drake
Built in 1905 by J I Thornycroft at Southampton
Engines : Compound Diagonal by Scott of Greenock
Length : 130 feet
120 Gross Registered Tons

Served London County Council's River Thames service from Greenwich to Hammersmith from 1905-1907
Sold for service from Antwerp in Belgium and renamed Wilford I

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