Medway Queen
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The Medway Queen is a 1924 Troon Paddle steamer which was used in 1940 to rescue 7000 servicemen from Dunkirk this was achieved by undertaking seven return journeys (this feat was only surpassed by a Royal Navy's Destroyer). From 1924 to 1963 (apart from her wartime service) she sailed in the Thames and Medway Estuaries for day-trippers, but was requisitioned during World War Two as a minesweeper and was commissioned as HMS Medway Queen. From 1963 she was used in the River Medina, Isle of Wight as a moored entertainment-base, but when a larger vessel (PS Ryde) arrived at the River Median the Medway Queen was abandoned and she subsequently sank, became neglected. She has since then been returned to the River Medway, so that the Medway Queen Preservation Society can restore her with the intention of her returning to service.
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