Autocarrier
Ship Number
912
Vessel Type
Cross Channel Car Ferry
Built
D&W Henderson
Yard
Meadowside
Slip Number
4
Launch Date
February 5, 1931
Delivered
March 26, 1931
Owner
Southern Railway Co.
Weight
822 grt
BP Length
230 feet
Breadth
35-6 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
16 knots
Propulsion
D. & W. Henderson, Glasgow - 4 cylinder Triple Expansion
Official No.
162557
Registered
London
Fate
Scrapped
Autocarrier

Britain's first purpose-built car ferry, built for Capacity of 307 passengers and 26 cars.
 
Official trials 23 May 1931, averaging 16 knots.
 
Originally designed as a cargo ship she was altered to a car-carrier before building. Arrived Dover on 26/3/1931, making her maiden voyage to Calais on the 30th. She switched to Folkestone-Boulogne every winter.
 
Rescued troops at Dunkirk in 1940 and was later fitted out as a recreation ship for Royal Navy.
 
Refitted in 1945 she was put into service as a cargo ship out of Southampton, returning to the Dover-Calais run on 15/5/1946. Transferred to Folkestone on 1/8/1946, back to Dover in July 1947, back to Folkestone in 1948 and in 1949 was moved to Southampton. In 1950 she yet again returned to Dover but in 1951 became a cargo ship on Folkestone-Calais and then in 1952 a car ferry on same run.
 
In July 1954 she was sold by B.R. (British Transport Commission) to Belgian shipbreakers van Heyghen Freres and was towed from Dover on 6 August 1954 to Antwerp, 1954 scrapped.