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ROYAL LADY (1938)

Service dates: 1947-1957

Official number: 145671

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


Ferry.


Career

04.04.1938
Launched.
06.1938
Completed as New Royal Lady for T Round & Sons, Scarborough.
04.1947
Sold to J Hall, Kirkcaldy, and renamed Royal Lady.
04.10.1947
Acquired by the General Steam Navigation Company.
21.05.1948
Renamed Crested Eagle.
31.10.1957
Sold to Magro Bros, Malta, and renamed Imperial Eagle.
1995
Laid up in Marsa Creek.
1998
Sunk with her bow resting on the bottom.
1999
Salvaged and then sunk as an artificial reef off St Paul’s Bay.


Ship technical details (PDF)