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PS Solent (1863)

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Name
  
PS Solent

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
29 m

Out of service
  
1901

Launched
  
1 May 1863

Draft
  
2.16 m

Operator
  
1863-1884Solent Steam Packet Company 1884-1901London and South Western Railway

Builder
  
George Inman, Lymington

Tonnage
  
61 gross register tons (GRT)

PS Solent was a passenger vessel built for the Solent Steam Packet Company in 1863.

History

She was built by George Inman of Lymington and launched on 1 May 1863. She went to Southampton in June 1863 for the fitting of her engines by J. Hodgkinson. She undertook her trial trip on 29 October 1863 from Lymington to Stokes Bay.

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

She was disposed of around 1901.

References

PS Solent (1863) Wikipedia