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Duchess of Norfolk was a 381 GRT paddle steamer built in 1911 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway, who operated a joint service to the Isle of Wight. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as minesweeper HMS Duchess of Norfolk during the First World War, returning to her owners after the war ended. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923.

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  • Duchess of Norfolk was a 381 GRT paddle steamer built in 1911 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway, who operated a joint service to the Isle of Wight. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as minesweeper HMS Duchess of Norfolk during the First World War, returning to her owners after the war ended. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923. In 1937, she was sold to Cosens & Co Ltd and renamed Embassy. During the Second World War, she was again requisitioned for use as a minesweeper, this time being named HMS Ambassador. Postwar she was returned to her owners, and regained her former name Embassy. She served until 1966. She was scrapped in 1967. (en)
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  • 1911-07-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped, June 1967
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  • D & W Henderson & Co, Glasgow (en)
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  • August 1911 (en)
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  • Scrapped, June 1967 (en)
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  • *United Kingdom Official Number 131994 *IMO Number 5510305 *Code Letters MBQN * (en)
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  • 1911-07-25 (xsd:date)
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  • *PS Duchess of Norfolk *HMS Duchess of Norfolk *PS Duchess of Norfolk *PS Embassy *HMS Ambassador *PS Embassy (en)
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  • 1966-09-22 (xsd:date)
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  • *London, Brighton and South Coast Railway / London and South Western Railway *Royal Navy *London, Brighton and South Coast Railway / London and South Western Railway *Southern Railway *Cosens & Co *Royal Navy *Cosens & Co (en)
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  • Compound steam engine (en)
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  • Paddle wheels (en)
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  • * Portsmouth * Royal Navy * Portsmouth * Weymouth * Royal Navy * Weymouth (en)
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  • *Portsmouth - Ryde *Bournemouth - Swanage / Portsmouth / Isle of Wight *Weymouth - Swanage / Portsmouth / Isle of Wight (en)
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  • Duchess of Norfolk was a 381 GRT paddle steamer built in 1911 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway, who operated a joint service to the Isle of Wight. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as minesweeper HMS Duchess of Norfolk during the First World War, returning to her owners after the war ended. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923. (en)
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  • *HMS Ambassador (1939-45) (en)
  • *HMS Duchess of Norfolk (1916-20) (en)
  • *PS Duchess of Norfolk (1911-16) (en)
  • *PS Duchess of Norfolk (1920-37) (en)
  • *PS Embassy (1937-39) (en)
  • *PS Embassy (1945-67) (en)
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