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SS Royal Daffodil was built in 1906 and scrapped in 1938. She was built as Daffodil for service on the River Mersey and renamed Royal Daffodil in recognition of her part in the Zeebrugge Raid. HistoryPre warDaffodil was built by Robert Stephenson & Sons as yard number 101. She was launched on 20 April 1906 and completed in June 1906.[2] She was put into service as one of the Mersey ferries operating between Liverpool and Wallasey. Zeebrugge RaidIn 1918, she was requisitioned for war service and became HMS Daffodil. Her sister ship Iris was also requisitioned and became HMS Iris II. In preparation for the Zeebrugge Raid which aimed to deny the Germans further use of the port as a u-boat base, both ships were stripped of all furniture and fittings and had armour fitted to the superstructure. The ferries were chosen because of their shallow draught and double hulls.[3] Daffodil{{'}}s role was to carry two of the three seamen demolition parties, known as "C" Company and commanded by Lieutenant Cecil Dickinson, specifically tasked with using explosives for demolition work.The original plan was for the demolition team to embark the Iris,{{sfn|Kendall|2016|p=125}} but on the day they embarked the Daffodil instead. {{sfn|Terry|1919|p=70}} [4] Both the Iris and the Daffodil were towed across the Channel by HMS Vindictive for the operation on 23 April 1918.[5]As the attack unfolded, Daffodil was hit in the engine room by two shells, but was able to maintain her position holding Vindictive against the wall of the Mole.[5] One member of the ship's crew died during the raid.[6] Return to LiverpoolIris and Daffodil returned to the Mersey on 17 May 1918, to a heroes' welcome. After repairs at Chatham, both vessels returned to service on the Mersey.[7]Post warAfter the raid, she was renamed Royal Daffodil on command of King George V[8][9] and returned to the Mersey, bearing shrapnel marks from the raid. In 1932 she succeeded PS Royal Iris on excursion work and in 1934 Royal Daffodil was sold to the New Medway Steam Packet Co. (NMSPC). She was used on the Rochester - Strood - Sheerness - Southend route. The NMSPC was taken over by the General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. in 1936 and in 1938 Royal Daffodil was sold for scrapping in Belgium.[10] See alsoReferencesCitations1. ^Maund pp194-5 2. ^{{csr|register=MSI|id=1123974|accessdate=11 October 2009}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mckenzie.uk.com/zeebrugge/Preparation_-_Albert_McKenzie_/preparation_-_albert_mckenzie_.html |publisher=Colin MacKenzie |title=The Raid on Zeebrugge - 23rd April 1918 |accessdate=2008-03-31 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514001105/http://www.mckenzie.uk.com/zeebrugge/Preparation_-_Albert_McKenzie_/preparation_-_albert_mckenzie_.html |archivedate=14 May 2008 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 4. ^ {{Citation |editor=Keyes, Roger |title=Reports on Zeebrugge and Ostend operations. | publisher = Admiralty | year =1918 | pages =14, 60, 66-67, 80-82 |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4115565 |id =ADM 137/3894}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mckenzie.uk.com/zeebrugge/Arrival_at_the_Mole_-_Albert_M/arrival_at_the_mole_-_albert_m.html |publisher=Colin MacKenzie |title=The Raid on Zeebrugge - 23rd April 1918 |accessdate=2008-03-31 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514001021/http://www.mckenzie.uk.com/zeebrugge/Arrival_at_the_Mole_-_Albert_M/arrival_at_the_mole_-_albert_m.html |archivedate=14 May 2008 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 6. ^ {{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2758503/CARPENTER,%20RALPH%20LAWRENCE%20PRETORIA |title=Able Seaman Carpenter |author= |date= |website=www.cwgc.org |publisher= |access-date=28 August 2017 |quote=Buried at Whitchurch (All Hallows) Church Cemetery, Whitchurch, Hants. }} 7. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.merseyside.net/newbrighton/Pages/irisdaffodilferry.htm| publisher = Merseyside.net| title = The "Iris" and "Daffodil"| accessdate = 2008-03-29}} 8. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/GSN-PS1.html#anchor108357| publisher = Ian Boyle| title = Royal Daffodil (1936-1938)| accessdate = 2008-03-29}} 9. ^Collard p38 10. ^{{cite web | url = http://website.lineone.net/~tom_lee/roydafimg.htm| publisher = Tom Lee| title = Royal Daffodil (I)| accessdate = 2008-03-29}} Sources
|title=The Zeebrugge Raid 1918 (Voices from the Past) |last=Kendall |first=P. |year=2016 |publisher=Frontline Books |location=Barnsley South Yorkshire |isbn=978-147387-671-2}}
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