SS Worthing

Steam-powered ferry

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Worthing.

SS Worthing as HMS Brigadier during World War II

History
United Kingdom
Name| SS Worthing
Operator| Southern Railway
Completed| 1928
Fate| Sold 1955, scrapped 1964
General characteristics
Tonnage| 2,343 tons
Length| 300 ft
Beam| 39 ft
Speed| 24 knots
Capacity| 1,500 passengers

SS Worthing was a steam-powered ferry operating between Newhaven and Dieppe.

The Worthing was built for the Southern Railway and launched on 3 May 1928. Her first captain was Charles Lever Cook MBE. She was operated by Southern Railway until World War II.

The Worthing became part of the British Expeditionary Force to France, receiving her orders to be in Southampton on 8 September 1939 and sailing to Southampton two days later. She became a troop carrier, crossing the English Channel to Cherbourg six times. The Worthing sailed for the Royal Navy until 23 March 1945.

After the World War II, the Worthing resumed civilian service as a Newhaven-Dieppe ferry: first for the Southern Railway until 1948 and then for British Railways until 1954. In 1955 she was sold and moved to Greece, where she was renamed the Phryni.[1]

## Naming history

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* SS Worthing 1928-1940
* HMS Worthing 1940-1940
* HMS Brigadier 1940-1944
* SS Worthing 1944-1955
* Phryni 1955-1968

## References

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1. ^ Sale of SS Worthing Railway Gazette 10 June 1955 page 670

## External links

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* Simplon Postcards, the Passenger Ship Website: Southern Railway SR Page 2, Newhaven Services: Worthing

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Ships operated by the Southern Railway

Ex LB&SCR ships|

* Arundel
* Brighton
* Dieppe
* La France
* Newhaven
* Paris
* Rouen
* Sussex
* Versailles

Ex L&SWR ships|

* Ada
* Alberta
* Ardena
* Bertha
* Brittany (renamed Aldershot in 1933)
* Caesaria
* Cherbourg
* Hantonia
* Laura
* Lorina
* Lymington
* Normannia
* Princess Ena
* Ulrica
* Vera

Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships|

* PS Duchess of Albany
* PS Duchess of Kent
* PS Duchess of Fife
* PS Duchess of Norfolk
* PS Princess Margaret

Ex SE&CR ships|

* Biarritz
* Canterbury
* Empress
* Engadine
* Invicta
* Maid of Orleans
* Riviera
* Victoria

Ships built for the SR|

* Arromanches
* Autocarrier
* Brighton
* Brittany
* Canterbury
* Deal
* Dinard
* Falaise
* Fratton
* Freshwater
* Hampton Ferry
* Haslemere
* Hythe
* Invicta
* Isle of Guernsey
* Isle of Jersey
* Isle of Sark
* Isle of Thanet
* Londres
* Maid of Kent
* Maidstone
* Merstone
* Minster
* Portsdown
* Ringwood
* Ryde
* Sandown
* Shepperton Ferry
* Shanklin
* Southsea
* St Briac
* Tonbridge
* Twickenham Ferry
* Worthing
* Whippingham
* Whitstable

Ships managed for
the Ministry of War Transport|

* Empire Alde

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