PS Lymington (1893)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | PS Lymington |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Day, Summers and Company, Southampton |
| Cost | £6,000 |
| Launched | 6 April 1893 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 130 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 120.2 feet (36.6 m) |
| Beam | 18.1 feet (5.5 m) |
| Draught | 7.7 feet (2.3 m) |
PS Lymington was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1893.[1]
History
[edit]She was built by Day, Summers and Company in Southampton and launched on 6 April 1893.
She cost £6,000 (equivalent to £840,000 in 2023)[2] and was 120 feet (37 m) long.[3] and was used for the Yarmouth to Lymington ferry service.
She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923.
She was disposed of is 1929 and converted into a houseboat at Yarmouth and renamed Glengarry. Later she was used as the Norwich Sea Cadets’ training vessel Lord Nelson.
References
[edit]- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ R A Williams, The London and South Western Railway, Volume 2: Growth and Consolidation, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973, ISBN 0 7153 5940 1