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{{About|the ship launched in 1928|the steamship built in 1902|SS Canterbury (1900)}}
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|Ship caption             = As HMS ''Canterbury'' in wartime service
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|Ship name                =*1929–1939: TSS ''Canterbury''<ref name="CMRT-TSSC1929">{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=24701 |title=Canterbury |website=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref>
*1940–1945: HMS ''Canterbury''
*1946–1965: TSS ''Canterbury''
|Ship owner               =1929–1942: [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]]
|Ship operator            =*1939–1940: [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]]
*1942–1945: Admiralty requisition
*1945–1948: [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]]
*1948–1963: [[British Transport Commission]]
*1963–1965: [[British Railways Board]]
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*1946–1946: [[Dover]]–[[Calais]]
*1946–1964: [[Folkestone]]–[[Boulogne]]
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|Ship builder             = [[William Denny and Brothers]], [[Dumbarton]]
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|Ship identification      = 161199
|Ship fate                = Broken up 1 August 1965
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'''TSS ''Canterbury''''' was a ferry completed in 1929 to link the [[Golden Arrow (train)|''Golden Arrow'']] and [[La Flèche d'Or (train)|''La Flèche d'Or'']] trains to form the prestige [[London]]–[[Dover]]–[[Calais]]–[[Paris]] service.<ref name="DoverH1">{{cite web |url=https://doverhistorian.com/2017/05/06/golden-arrow-the-luxury-train/ |date=6 May 2017 |last=Sencicle |first=Lorraine |title=Golden Arrow – The Luxury Train |access-date=2018-03-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302221954/https://doverhistorian.com/2017/05/06/golden-arrow-the-luxury-train/ |archive-date=2018-03-02}}</ref>

==Construction==

The ship was built as first class only passenger ferry by [[William Denny & Bros]] of [[Dumbarton]], [[Scotland]] for the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]].

==Service==

The ship entered service simultaneously with the ''Golden Arrow'' rail service.<ref name="DoverH1"/>  At this time she was first class only, and while having a capacity of 1700, her projected loadings were expected to be less than 400.<ref name="DoverH1"/>

The ship was modified to accommodate two classes of passengers from May 1931, at the same time as third class carriages were introduced on the ''Golden Arrow'' train.<ref name="DoverH1"/>

Following the ''Golden Arrow''’s last trip after the declaration of the Second World War, ''Canterbury'' was converted to a troop ship.<ref name="DoverH1"/>  On 29 May 1940 after departing the east pier at [[Dunkirk]] at 16:50 with 1960 troops ''Canterbury'' was badly damaged by a bomb near miss but was able to reach Dover.<ref name="DoverH1"/><ref name="WW2SW">{{cite book |title=World War II Sea War: France Falls, Britain Stands Alone: Day-to-Day Naval Actions from April 1940 through September 1940 |isbn=9781937470005 |date=2011 |volume=2 |first1=Donald A |last1=Bertke |first2=Don |last2=Kindell |first3=Gordon |last3=Smith |page=165}}</ref>  Following repairs she continued with the evacuation on 3 June 1940 completing five trips for the evacuation.<ref name="DoverH1"/><ref name="DoverPhoto">{{cite web |url=http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/ts-canterbury-ii-past-and-present/ |title=TS Canterbury (II) – Past and Present |website=Dover Ferry Photos |first=Ray |last=Goodfellow |date=2017-10-15 |access-date=2017-03-07 |url-status=live |archive-date=2016-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206081156/http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/ts-canterbury-ii-past-and-present/}}</ref>  She then performed some sailings from [[Southampton]] evacuations to [[Normandy]] and [[Brittany]] until the middle of June before resting on the [[River Dart]] and serving as a target practice ship of the [[Fleet Air Arm]] and a period on the [[Stranraer]]–[[Larne]] route.<ref name="CMRT-TSSC1929" />

From June 1942, she undertook an eight-month conversion to a troop landing ship and took part in the June 1944 [[Normandy landings]].<ref name="CMRT-TSSC1929" /><ref name="DoverPhoto"/>

Postwar, she initially returned to the ''Golden Arrow'' service, but was replaced in October 1946 by the Southern Railways flagship {{SS|Invicta}} following that ship's refurbishment.<ref name="DoverPhoto"/>  ''Canterbury'' served on the Folkstone–Calais run, and in 1948 moved to the Calais–Boulogne route until retirement in 1964. In 1948, ''Canterbury'' became the first [[English Channel]] ferry to be equipped with radar.<ref name="DoverPhoto"/>

==Fate==

The ship was broken up in 1965.

==Preservation==

The ship's bell and a Second World War memorial plaque are held by the [[National Railway Museum]].<ref name="SM-BELL">{{cite web |url=http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co209652/ships-bell-tss-canterbury-bell |access-date=2018-03-03 |title=ship’s bell tss canterbury |website=Science Museum}}</ref><ref name="IWM1">{{cite web |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/60768 |access-date=2018-03-06 |website=[[Imperial War Museum]] |title=Southern Railway TSS Canterbury |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306031122/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/60768 |archive-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>

==In fiction==
In 1951 she made an appearance as the cross-channel ferry in the British comedy film ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]''.<ref name="movie-locations">{{cite web |title=The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 – Locations |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/l/Lavender-Hill-Mob.php |website=movie-locations.com |accessdate=2018-06-25}}</ref> 

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