[Source: Nick Catford] harbour_old13.jpg)
The SS ‘Hythe’ is seen at the landing stage at Folkestone Harbour c1906 while the SS ‘Onward’ departs for Boulogne. The SS ‘Hythe’ was built for the South Eastern & Chatham Railway by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton in 1905. After a short career as a cross-channel ferry the vessel was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1914 and became HMS ‘Hythe’ and was converted to a minesweeper at Scapa Flow. While in later use as a troop carrier she was run down by HMS ‘Sarnia’ off Cape Helles in the Dardanelles on 28 October 1915 and sank with the loss of 155 lives.
Copyright photo from John Alsop collection
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