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Glen Usk
Built in 1914 by Ailsa
Shipbuilding at Troon
Engines : Compound diagonal
Dimensions : 224.3 ft x 28.1 ft
524 Gross Registered
Tons
After one season,
Glen Usk was requisitioned for war service , leaving Bristol in
February 1915 for the Firth of Clyde
Swept mines off the western Scottish and Northern Ireland coasts
before moving to the Moray Firth, then Granton on the Firth of
Forth
Made a special excursion from Granton on November 21st 1918 to see
the German navy on their journey to surrender at Scapa Flow
Placed on the Swansea station in 1920 until replaced by the new Glen
Gower in 1922
Laid up for the 1957 season
In 1959-60 her comparative economy consigned Bristol Queen to the
lay-up berth. Glen Usk was mainly on the Cardiff-Weston ferry
Beached on an ebb tide on the Avon's Horseshoe Bend on August 30th
1959 with a full complement of passengers
Laid up again for the 1961 and 1962 seasons
Sent to shipbreakers in Ireland in 1963
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