PS Solent (1900)

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History
Name:
  • 1900–1901:PS Solent
  • 1901-????:PS Red Cross II
Operator:
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Builder: Mordey, Carney (Southampton) Ltd.
Launched: 25 August 1900
General characteristics
Tonnage: 161  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length: 120 feet (37 m)
Beam: 18.5 feet (5.6 m)
Draught: 8.9 feet (2.7 m)

PS Solent was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1900. [1]

London and South Western Railway British pre-grouping railway company

The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Starting as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in Hampshire and Berkshire, including Portsmouth and Reading. In the grouping of railways in 1923 the LSWR amalgamated with other railways to create the Southern Railway.

History

The Solent was built by Mordey, Carney (Southampton) Limited and launched on 25 August 1900. [2]

She was designed for a speed of 11 knots, with passenger accommodation comprising a promenade deck extending from the stern to within 23 feet for the stem, and a circular front. A saloon was situated aft, extending the full breadth of the vessel.

However, the vessel did not meet the expectations of the railway company, and was sold before registration to the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and renamed Red Cross II. [1] The railway company ordered another paddle steamer from the same company, Solent which was launched in 1902.

The Metropolitan Asylums Board was established under Poor Law legislation to deal with London's sick and poor. It was established by the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 and dissolved in 1930, when its functions were transferred to the London County Council.

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References

  1. 1 2 Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ↑ "Launch of a South-Western Steamer at Woolston" . Hampshire Advertiser. England. 29 August 1900. Retrieved 1 December 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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