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	Topics SS River Clyde Topic Home The SS River Clyde was a 4,000 ton collier built in GlasgowGlasgow The city was formerly a royal burgh, and was known as the "Second City of the British Empire" in the Victorian era.... in 1905 and named after the River ClydeRiver Clyde The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland.... in ScotlandScotland Scotland is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.... . On April 25, 1915, the River Clyde was used as a Trojan horseTrojan Horse The Trojan Horse is part of the myth of the Trojan War, as told in Virgil's Latin epic poem The Aeneid.... for the landing at Cape HellesLanding at Cape Helles The landing at Cape Helles was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula by British and French forces on Ap... during the Battle of GallipoliBattle of Gallipoli The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli from April 1915 to January 1916 during the First Wo... . The ship, carrying 2,000 soldierSoldier A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a country.... s, mainly from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Munster FusiliersRoyal Munster Fusiliers The Royal Munster Fusiliers consisted of two regular service and two reserve battalions prior to World War I.... , 29th DivisionBritish 29th Division The British 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was a First World War regular army infantry division form... , was beached beneath the Sedd el BahrSedd el Bahr Overview Sedd el Bahr is a village at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey.... castle at V Beach, Cape Helles, on the tip of the GallipoliGallipoli Summary Gallipoli, called Gelibolu in modern Turkish, , is a town in northwestern Turkey.... peninsula. However, the plan failed and the River Clyde, lying under the guns of the TurkishTurkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Sou... defenders, became a death trap. For the landing, the River Clyde was commanded by Commander Edward UnwinEdward Unwin Edward Unwin was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the fac... , a former merchant seaman and Royal NavyRoyal Navy The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services .... officer who had returned from retirement at the start of the war to command the torpedo gunboatTorpedo gunboat Torpedo gunboats were a form of gunboat that were equipped with torpedoes, then a relatively new invention.... , HMS HussarHMS Hussar (1894) HMS Hussar was a Halcyon-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1894 and sold for scrap in 1920.... , in the Mediterranean. The River Clyde had a battery of eleven machine gunMachine gun A machine gun is a fully-automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rifle cartridges in quick successio... s from the Royal Naval Air ServiceRoyal Naval Air Service The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of World War I, when it merged with... under the command of Josiah Wedgwood mounted on the bow behind boiler plate and sandbags. Holes had been cut in the steel hull to provide sally ports from which the troops would emerge onto gangways and then to a bridge of smaller boats linking the ship to the beach. The hull was to be painted a sandy yellowYellow Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells.... as camouflageCamouflage Camouflage is the method which allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding e... but the work was incomplete by the time of the landing. Three attempts were made to get ashore by companies of the Munsters and The Hampshire Regiment but all ended in costly failure. Further attempts to land were abandoned and the surviving soldiers waited until nightfall before trying again. The efforts of sailors to maintain the bridge from the ship to the beach, and to recover the wounded, were rewarded by six Victoria CrossVictoria Cross The Victoria Cross is the highest recognition for valour "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the Br... es. The recipients were Commander Unwin (aged 51), Midshipmen George DrewryGeorge Leslie Drewry George Leslie Drewry was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in... (20) and Wilfred MallesonWilfred St. Aubyn Malleson Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in th... (18), Able Seaman William WilliamsWilliam Charles Williams William Charles Williams was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantr... (34), Seaman George Samson (26) and Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Tisdall (24) from the Royal Naval Division (RND). Of these men, only Williams died during the landing. Samson was severely wounded the following day. On his return to ScotlandScotland Scotland is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.... he was handed a white featherWhite feather The single white feather as a symbol of cowardice derives from cockfighting and the belief that a cockerel sporting a white feathe... while wearing civilian clothes. Tisdall was killed on May 6 when the 6th (Hood) Battalion of the RND, made its advance along Kanli Dere during the Second Battle of KrithiaSecond Battle of Krithia The Second Battle of Krithia continued the Allies' attempts to advance on the Helles battlefield during the Battle of Gallip... . Drewry, Samson and Williams had come from the Hussar along with Unwin. Malleson, who died in 1975, served on the battleshipBattleship Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between th... HMS CornwallisHMS Cornwallis (1901) Summary HMS Cornwallis was a pre-Dreadnought Duncan-class battleship of the Royal Navy.... . After the Helles beachhead was established, V Beach became the base for the FrenchFrance France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and whi... contingent and the River Clyde remained beached as a dock and breakwater. Her condensers were used to provide fresh waterWater Summary Water is a tasteless, odorless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known as the universal solve... and a field dressing station was established in the hull. She remained a constant target for Turkish gunners on the AsiaAsia Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition.... n shore. In 1919, after the war had ended, the River Clyde was refloated and taken to MaltaFacts About Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated island nation consisting of an archipelago o... for repairs. As a tramp steamerTramp steamer A tramp steamer, or tramp for short, is any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call., tra... , she was operated by SpanishSpain Overview Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a European parliamentary monarchy.... shipping companies for another 50 years in the Mediterranean under various names, the last being Maruja y Aurora. In 1965 there was an attempt to purchase the River Clyde for preservation but in 1966 she was sold for scrap instead and broken up at AvilésAvilés Avil?s is the name of the third most important city of Asturias, Spain.... , Spain.