The London Belle (1893) passing Greenwich.

Repro ID: P20835

Description: The 'London Belle' (738 GRT) was built by Denny & Bros at Dumbarton for the London, Woolwich and Clacton-on-Sea Steamboat Company, entering service from London to Clacton and Harwich in May 1893. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty for minesweeping duties in May 1916, initially at Harwich, then Liverpool. She returned to the Thames in April 1919, but then taken as a hospital carrier to the White Sea during the Allied attack on the fledging Soviet state. Released for civilian service in the summer of 1920, she was chartered to Mr Kingsman in 1921, running to Walton-on-the Naze. She was scrapped at Grays in 1929.

Creator: Unknown

Date: c. 1893

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London