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HMS Snaefell, the Glossary

HMS Snaefell was a paddle steamer, built at John Brown & Company's Clydebank shipyard for the Barry Railway Company and launched in 1907 as the PS Barry.^[1]

15 relations: Barry Railway Company, Bristol Channel, Clydebank, Dunkirk evacuation, Gallipoli campaign, John Brown & Company, London and North Eastern Railway, Luftwaffe, P & A Campbell, Paddle steamer, PS Waverley (1899), Royal Navy, Sunderland, Suvla, The National Archives (United Kingdom).
Little Ships of Dunkirk
Minesweepers sunk by aircraft
Ships of Scotland

Barry Railway Company

The Barry Railway Company was a railway and docks company in South Wales, first incorporated as the Barry Dock and Railway Company in 1884.

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The Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren, literal translation: "Severn Sea") is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales (from Pembrokeshire to the Vale of Glamorgan) and South West England (from Devon, Somerset to North Somerset).

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Clydebank

Clydebank (Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Dunkirk evacuation

The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.

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Gallipoli campaign

The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.

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John Brown & Company

John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.

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London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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P & A Campbell

P & A Campbell was a shipping company based in Bristol which operated steamship services in the Bristol Channel between 1893 and 1979.

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Paddle steamer

A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.

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PS Waverley (1899)

PS Waverley was a Clyde-built paddle steamer that carried passengers on the Clyde between 1899 and 1939. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve as a minesweeper during World War I and again in World War II, and was sunk while participating in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. The current PS ''Waverley'', launched in 1946, was built as a replacement for this vessel. HMS Snaefell and pS Waverley (1899) are Little Ships of Dunkirk, paddle steamers of the United Kingdom, ships of Scotland and World War II minesweepers of the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Snaefell

Also known as PS Barry.

HMS Snaefell, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Barry Railway Company

Bristol Channel

Clydebank

Dunkirk evacuation

Gallipoli campaign

John Brown & Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Luftwaffe

P & A Campbell

Paddle steamer

PS Waverley (1899)

Royal Navy

Sunderland

Suvla

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

See also

Little Ships of Dunkirk

Minesweepers sunk by aircraft

Ships of Scotland

References