PS Portsdown (1928)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PS Portsdown |
| Operator: | Southern Railway |
| Port of registry: |  |
| Builder: | Caledon Shipbuilding, Dundee |
| Yard number: | 320 |
| Launched: | 23 March 1928 |
| Out of service: | 20 September 1941 |
| Fate: | Mined and sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 342 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 190 feet (58 m) |
| Beam: | 25.1 feet (7.7 m) |
| Draught: | 8.7 feet (2.7 m) |
PS Portsdown was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1928.[1]
History
The ship was built by Caledon Shipbuilding of Dundee and launched on 24 March 1928.[2]
Kept on the Portsmouth to Ryde run during the Second World War with her sister ship Merstone, she hit a mine on 20 September 1941 and sank with the loss of 23 lives[3]
