Name 1924-1941PS Merstone Out of service 1952 Launched 26 January 1928 Draft 2.65 m | Yard number 319 Fate Scrapped Length 58 m | |
Operator 1924-1941Southern Railway Builder Caledon Shipbuilding, Dundee | ||
PS Merstone was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1928.
History
The ship was built by Caledon Shipbuilding of Dundee and launched on 26 January 1928 by Mrs Donald A Mathieson, wife of the former general manager of the Scottish section of the L.M.S. Railway Company. She was one of an order for two new ships, the other being Portsdown.
She was withdrawn from service at Christmas 1950 and sold in September 1952 for breaking in Northam.
References
PS Merstone (1928) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA