Builders: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd Troon 1912
Propulsion type: Paddle compound diagonal
Owners: P & A Campbell Ltd
Service dates: 1912 - 1944
Tonnage: Net 213 Gross 509
Comments:
Launched on 30 May 1912, Glen Avon was a similar ship to Lady Ismay, which was lost in service during the Great War. Glen Avon sailed from Cardiff to Weston and Minehead, as well as from Bristol and occasionally from Ilfracombe for coastal cruises. She saw service as a minesweeper in the First World War, a role which she again followed in the Second World War. She was unfortunately lost in a storm off Normandy on 2 September 1944. During fog on 18 July 1933 she ran aground after returning to Cardiff via Barry and Penarth from an evening cruise to Minehead. She had around 100 passengers aboard, but none were hurt and after a night aboard they were landed early the following morning. After minor repairs at Cardiff she was back in service by the following Saturday.
For a picture of her on her way to assist in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 please click here