PS Portsdown was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1928. She was one of the civilian ships that participated in the Dunkirk evacuation...
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PS Merstone was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1928. The ship was built by Caledon Shipbuilding of Dundee and launched on 26 January...
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June 1967 PS Shanklin 1924–1950 Southern Railway Sold and renamed Monarch PS Merstone 1928–1952 PS Portsdown 1928–1941 Mined off Southsea PS Southsea 1930–1941...
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of Sark Isle of Thanet Londres Maid of Kent Maidstone Merstone Minster Portsdown Ringwood Ryde Sandown Shepperton Ferry Shanklin Southsea St Briac Tonbridge...
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route began on 5 April 1825 with the paddle steamer PS Union. Meanwhile, in 1820 the paddle steamer PS Prince of Coburg had begun a service between Cowes...
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SS Worthing (category 1928 ships)
Dieppe. The Worthing was built for the Southern Railway and launched on 3 May 1928. Her first captain was Charles Lever Cook MBE. She was operated by Southern...
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PS Duchess of Albany was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1889. The ship...
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Kent, SS Maidstone, PS Merstone, SS Minster, PS Portsdown, SS Ringwood, PS Ryde, PS Sandown, SS Shepperton Ferry, PS Shanklin, PS Southsea, SS St Briac...
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PS Princess Margaret was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1893. The ship...
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Railway Company, who sold her to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 for the sum of £25,000 (equivalent to £1,902,608 in 2023). Victoria was a...
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