Name PS Sandown Out of service 16 July 1966 Launched 1 May 1934 Draft 2.1 m | Yard number 1272 Fate Scrapped Length 66 m Beam 8.87 m | |
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Operator 1934-1948Southern Railway
1948-1966British Railways Tonnage 684 gross register tons (GRT) Builders William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton | ||
PS Sandown was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1934.
History
The ship was built by William Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton and launched on 1 May 1934 by Mrs E.J. Missenden, wife of the manager for the Southern Railway Company Docks at Southampton. She was one of two ships placed by the railway company, the other being Ryde.
She was deployed on the Portsmouth to Ryde ferry service.
She was acquired by British Railways in 1948. On 30 June 1954, she went to the rescue of her sister ship Ryde which had mechanical difficulties. The Sandown managed to secure a tow line and tow her to Portsmouth Harbour.
She was scrapped in 1966.
References
PS Sandown (1934) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA