| History | |
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| Name: | PS Solent |
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| Port of registry: |  |
| Builder: | Mordey, Carney (Southampton) Ltd. |
| Launched: | 8 February 1902 |
| Maiden voyage: | 26 May 1902 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 161 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 133.5 feet (40.7 m) |
| Beam: | 20.2 feet (6.2 m) |
| Draught: | 7.7 feet (2.3 m) |
PS Solent was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1902. [1]
As the previous vessel also named Solent built in 1900 was not a success, this Solent was built as a replacement by Mordey, Carney (Southampton) Limited and launched on 8 February 1902. [2] She undertook her trial run on 13 March 1902 and achieved 11 knots. [3] She undertook her maiden voyage on 26 May 1902. [4]
She was equipped with a promenade deck 101 ft long, forming an enclosed passenger shelter forwards, and first-class saloon, about 30 ft long aft. She was deployed on the service from Lymington to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923 and British Railways in 1948. She was disposed of by British Railways in 1948 to H.G. Pounds of Portsmouth
PS Ryde is a paddle steamer that was commissioned and run by Southern Railway as a passenger ferry between mainland England and the Isle of Wight from 1937 to 1969, with an interlude during the Second World War where she served as a minesweeper and then an anti-aircraft ship, seeing action at both Dunkirk and D-Day. After many years abandoned on moorings at Island Harbour Marina on the River Medina, she was purchased by the PS Ryde Trust in late 2018, with the intention of raising money for her restoration. That project was abandoned in January 2019.
There are currently three different ferry companies that operate vessels carrying passengers and, on certain routes, vehicles across the Solent, the stretch of sea that separates the Isle of Wight from mainland England. These are Wightlink, Red Funnel and Hovertravel.
This article describes the shipping services of the London and South Western Railway and the vessels employed.
SS Ralph Creyke was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1879.
PS Avalon was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1864.
SS Great Yarmouth was a freight vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1866.
SS Nottingham was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1891.
PS Duchess of Connaught was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1884.
PS Duchess of Albany was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1889.
PS Princess Margaret was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1893.
SS Frederica was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1890. She later served in the Ottoman Navy as the minelayer Nilufer and was sunk during World War I.
PS Whippingham was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1930.
PS Sandown was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1934.
The Solent Sea Steam Packet Company, later the Solent Steam Packet Company, operated ferry services between Lymington and Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight between 1841 and 1884.
PS Mayflower was a passenger vessel built for the Solent Steam Packet Company in 1866.
PS Solent was a passenger vessel built for the Solent Steam Packet Company in 1863.
SS Vera was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1898.
PS Solent was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1900.
SS Granuaile was a cargo vessel built in 1895.
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