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The GSNC's pleasure boats

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The GSNC's Crested Eagle (1925) in the Lower Pool.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: P20552
Description: The General Steam Navigation Company's excursion paddle steamer 'Crested Eagle' (1925, 1078 GRT) lying in the Lower Pool in 1935. Built by Samuel White at Cowes, she sailed on the London - Ramsgate route and later and on the London to Southend, Clacton and Felixstowe service. She met a heroic end in 1940, when she was bombed and sunk during the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1935
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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