SS Hantonia (1911)

History

Name:	TSS Hantonia
Operator:	1911-1948:London and South Western Railway 1923-1948:Southern Railway 1948-1952:British Railways
Port of registry:
Builder:	Fairfield, Govan
Yard number:	482
Launched:	23 December 1911
Out of service:	7 June 1952
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	1,567 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	290.3 feet (88.5 m)
Beam:	36.1 feet (11.0 m)
Draught:	15.3 feet (4.7 m)

TSS Hantonia was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1911.^[1]

History

The ship was built by the Fairfield Govan and launched on 23 December 1911 as Louvima, but in January 1912 renamed Hantonia. With her sister ship Normannia they were put on the service between Southampton and Le Havre. They were the first cross-channel steamers to be fitted with single-reduction geared Parsons' turbines, which gave the vessels a speed of over 20 knots but also cut down on the vibration experienced by cross-Channel passengers.^[2]

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 and operated as a troopship during the First World War.

She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923.

In 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and transported troops between Folkestone and Calais until January 1940. She was then a Royal Navy accommodation ship until 1945. She returned to railway service in 1945 and we deployed on the Channel Islands service, where she returned children who had been evacuated before the German Invasion.^[3] From 1946 returned to the Southampton to Le Havre service. In 1948 she was acquired by British Railways and was scrapped in 1952.

References

↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
↑ "Cross Channel Travel". Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (England). 20 July 1912. Retrieved 17 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "Mothers didn't know them". Lancashire Evening POst (England). 21 July 1945. Retrieved 17 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).

Ships operated by the London and South Western Railway

LSWR operated ships	Ada Alberta Alice Alliance Alma Ardena Bertha Brittany (I) Brittany (II) Caesarea Cherbourg Columbia Courrier Diana Dora Ella Express Fannie Frederica Guernsey Frederica Hantonia Havre Hilda Honfleur Laura Lorina Lydia Lymington Mayflower Normandy Normannia Princess Ena Sarnia Solent (1863) Solent (1900) Solent (1902) South Western (I) South Western (II) Southampton Stella Ulrica Vera Victoria Waverley Wolf Wonder

Jointly operated with the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway	Duchess of Albany Duchess of Connaught Duchess of Edinburgh Duchess of Fife Duchess of Kent Duchess of Norfolk Duchess of Richmond Princess Margaret Victoria

Ships operated by the Southern Railway

Ex LB&SC ships.	Arundel Brighton Dieppe La France Newhaven Paris Rouen Sussex Versailles

Ex L&SWR ships	Ada Alberta Ardena Bertha Brittany (renamed Aldershot in 1933) Caesaria Cherbourg Hantonia Laura Lorina Lymington Normannia Princess Ena Ulrica Vera

Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships	PS Duchess of Albany PS Duchess of Kent PS Duchess of Fife PS Duchess of Norfolk PS Princess Margaret

Ex SE&CR ships	Biarritz Canterbury Empress Engadine Invicta Maid of Orleans Riviera Victoria

Ships built for the SR	Arromanches Autocarrier Brighton Brittany Canterbury Dinard Falaise Freshwater Hampton Ferry Invicta Isle of Guernsey Isle of Jersey Isle of Sark Isle of Thanet Londres Maid of Kent Merstone Portsdown Ryde Sandown Shepperton Ferry Shanklin Southsea St Briac Twickenham Ferry Worthing Whippingham

Ships managed for the Ministry of War Transport	Empire Alde

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