PS Golden Eagle (1909)

The PS Golden Eagle was a paddle steamer built by John Brown & Company at their Clydebank shipyard for General Steam Navigation Company and launched 1909.

[1] During the two world wars she served with the Royal Navy.

In World War I as a depot ship and in World War II as an auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel.

[2][3] At the outset of World War II, Golden Eagle was one of the ships tasked with evacuating children from London, herself responsible for transporting over 3000 children to Great Yarmouth.

[4] During World War II she played an important role in the Dunkirk evacuation rescuing 1,751.