| History | |
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| Name: | PS Lymington |
| Operator: |
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| Port of registry: |  |
| Builder: | Day, Summers and Company, Southampton |
| Cost: | £6,000 |
| Launched: | 6 April 1893 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 130 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 120.2 feet (36.6 m) |
| Beam: | 18.1 feet (5.5 m) |
| Draught: | 7.7 feet (2.3 m) |
PS Lymington was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1893. [1]
She was built by Day, Summers and Company in Southampton and launched on 6 April 1893.
She cost £6,000 (equivalent to £670,000in 2019) [2] and was 120 feet (37 m) long. [3] and was used for the Yarmouth to Lymington ferry service.
She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923.
She was disposed of is 1929 and converted into a houseboat at Yarmouth and renamed Glengarry. Later she was used as the Norwich Sea Cadets’ training vessel Lord Nelson.
Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some 13 miles (21 km) to the North East, while Bournemouth is also nearby, 15 miles (24 km) South West. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaulieu, Lymington, Lyndhurst, and Sway.
Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes across The Solent between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England. It operates car ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth, and Portsmouth and Fishbourne and a fast passenger-only catamaran between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier. It is owned by Basalt Infrastructure Partners and Fiera Infrastructure.
The Lymington branch line is a railway that runs from Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier, both in the New Forest. The railway line is around 9 km (5.6 mi) long, and is single track throughout its length. It diverges from the South Western Main Line at Lymington Junction; and, at Lymington Pier, trains connect with Wightlink ferry services to Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight. The Lymington branch line is electrified using the 750 V DC third-rail system as is usual in the former Southern Region of British Railways.
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