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PS Mayflower (1866)

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Name
  
PS Mayflower

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
30 m

Out of service
  
1912

Launched
  
1866

Draft
  
2.07 m

Operator
  
1866-1884Solent Steam Packet Company 1884-1905London and South Western Railway

Builder
  
Marshall Brothers, Newcastle

Tonnage
  
69 gross register tons (GRT)

PS Mayflower was a passenger vessel built for the Solent Steam Packet Company in 1866.

History

She was built by Marshall Brothers in Newcastle and launched in 1866 and was used to expand the company services, offering a daily passage between Lymington and Portsmouth.

She was acquired by the London and South Western Railway in 1884.

In 1905 she was acquired by Joseph Constant in London and registered in Southampton. She was broken up in 1912.

References

PS Mayflower (1866) Wikipedia