GALLIC / BIRKENHEAD

BUILT IN 1894 BY JOHN SCOTT & CO OF SCOTLAND.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 460 TONS AND ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A  PADDLE STEAMER FERRY FOR THE BIRKENHEAD CORPORATION.SHE WAS PURCHASED BY WHITE STAR IN 1907 AND RE-NAMED ' GALLIC '. SHE WAS USED FOR TENDER DUTIES AT CHERBOURG.WHEN NOMADIC AND TRAFFIC CAME INTO SERVICE THEY REPLACED HER AT CHERBOURG AND SHE RETURNED HOME TO LIVERPOOL, SHE WAS USED ONLY OCCASIONALLY  NOW AS A BAGGAGE TENDER, AND IN 1913 SHE WAS BROKEN UP ON THE MERSEY AT GARSTON