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PS Victoria (1881)

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Name
  
PS Victoria

Out of service
  
September 1900

Launched
  
9 September 1881

Yard number
  
113

Fate
  
Scrapped

Length
  
58 m

Operator
  
1881-1899 London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1899-1900 Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

Builder
  
Aitken and Mansel, Whiteinch

PS Victoria was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1881.

History

The ship was built in steel by Aitken and Mansel and launched on 9 September 1881. Her enginers were by David Rowan of Glasgow. She was the first ship constructed for a joint venture between the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway for the passenger trade to the Isle of Wight. She was double-ended, with two funnels.

Official registries show that in 1899 she transferred to the Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and was scrapped in 1900. However there is no mention of her ever being purchased or chartered in the Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company records.

References

PS Victoria (1881) Wikipedia