SS Royal Daffodil

Daffodil at Dover soon after the Zeebrugge Raid
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • SS Daffodil (1906–1918)
  • HMS Daffodil (1918)
  • SS Royal Daffodil (1918–1938)
Owner
BuilderRobert Stephenson and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Yard number101
Launched20 April 1906
Christened
  • Daffodil
  • HMS Daffodil (1918)
  • Royal Daffodil (1918)
CompletedJune 1906
In service1906
Out of service1938
IdentificationUK Official Number 123974
FateScrapped 1938
General characteristics [1]
Displacement482 GRT
Length159 ft (48.46 m)
Depth8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
PropulsionTwin screw, triple expansion, by D Rollo & Sons.
Capacity1,735 passengers

SS Royal Daffodil was a Mersey ferry, built in 1906 and scrapped in 1938. She was built as Daffodil but renamed Royal Daffodil in recognition of her service under requisition during the 1st World War.

  1. ^ Maund pp194-5

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