PS Solent (1863)

History
Name:	PS Solent
Operator:	1863-1884:Solent Steam Packet Company 1884-1901:London and South Western Railway
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]

History

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.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "The New Steamer Solent". Hampshire Advertiser. England. 9 May 1863. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
3. "New Steam Packet Solent". Hampshire Advertiser. England. 27 June 1863. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
4. "Lymington. The New Steamer". Hampshire Advertiser. England. 31 October 1863. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).