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The Barry Paddle steamer "Barry".
Built for Barry town in 1907, the paddler was originally named after the town and at one stage covered the duties of an earlier Waverley before being called up to serve in the First World War. Renamed ‘Barryfield’, she was mentioned in dispatches and saw action at Gallipoli during the ill-fated Dardanelles Campaign.
After the Armistice, the paddle steamer returned to its pleasure sailings along the Bristol Channel and the south coast of England, where she again bore the name Waverley.
Called up once more for military service at the beginning of the Second World War, Barry's paddle steamer was renamed once more, this time being called HMS Snaefell.
Like other small craft that took part in the ‘miracle of Dunkirk’, evacuating thousands of troops from France, HMS Snaefell was unsuited to this task but performed heroically all the same.
The following year, on July 5, 1941 Barry's paddle steamer was sunk while on mine sweeping duties in the North Sea, with the loss of three lives.
Built for Barry town in 1907, the paddler was originally named after the town and at one stage covered the duties of an earlier Waverley before being called up to serve in the First World War. Renamed ‘Barryfield’, she was mentioned in dispatches and saw action at Gallipoli during the ill-fated Dardanelles Campaign.
After the Armistice, the paddle steamer returned to its pleasure sailings along the Bristol Channel and the south coast of England, where she again bore the name Waverley.
Called up once more for military service at the beginning of the Second World War, Barry's paddle steamer was renamed once more, this time being called HMS Snaefell.
Like other small craft that took part in the ‘miracle of Dunkirk’, evacuating thousands of troops from France, HMS Snaefell was unsuited to this task but performed heroically all the same.
The following year, on July 5, 1941 Barry's paddle steamer was sunk while on mine sweeping duties in the North Sea, with the loss of three lives.