What is recorded here
This red commemorative plaque records: HMS Claverhouse. Built 1838 by the Duke of Buccleuch, as a railway hotel for the Burntisland ferry that preceded the opening of the Forth Bridge. requisitioned for the Royal Navy 1939. For further information visit www.transportheritage.com Recorded plaque organisation: National Transport Trust.
HMS Claverhouse, originally built as a railway hotel in 1838 by the Duke of Buccleuch for the Burntisland ferry service, was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939 and served during World War II.
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