Builders: William Denny & Sons Dumbarton 1911
Propulsion type: Triple screw turbine
Owner: South Eastern & Chatham Railway Co, Southern Railway Co, S Instone & Co Ltd (on charter), Compania Maritima
Service dates: 1911-1933 (in UK)
Tonnage: Gross 1676
Comments:
Engadine can creep into the category of excursion steamer, but only just. She was built as a continental steamer from Dover to Belgium and has the distinction of being the last boat bringing passengers from Belgium to England before war broke out. In a further notable event she was the first ship to sight the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. The following day she rescued the crew of HMS Warrior who was lost in the battle and at that time Engadine had been requisitioned for use as a seaplane carrier. She was reconditioned in 1920 and was further overhauled in 1929, when she had part of her promenade deck enclosed by glass screen. In 1932 she was chartered by S Instone & Co for cruises around the Thames Estuary from Tower Pier at London (a service still provided by MV Balmoral and PS Waverley each year). However, as no landing facilities were offered she was not well patronised and her charter was not renewed for a second season and she was returned to the Southern Railway. They had no further use for her and she was sold for use in the Phillipines, sailing out of Manilla. She was renamed Corregidor and survived until she was struck by a mine in Manilla Bay and lost in the Second World War.