History | |
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Name | PS Solent |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | George Inman, Lymington |
Launched | 1 May 1863 |
Out of service | 1901 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 61 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 94 feet (29 m) |
Beam | 15.6 feet (4.8 m) |
Draught | 7.1 feet (2.2 m) |
Propulsion | Engines by J. Hodgkinson of Southampton |
Speed | 12 knots |
PS Solent was a passenger vessel built for the Solent Steam Packet Company in 1863. [1]
She was built by George Inman of Lymington and launched on 1 May 1863. [2] She went to Southampton in June 1863 for the fitting of her engines by J. Hodgkinson. [3] She undertook her trial trip on 29 October 1863 from Lymington to Stokes Bay. [4]
She was acquired by the London and South Western Railway in 1884.
She was disposed of around 1901.