History
Name1924-1941:PS Merstone
Operator1924-1941:Southern Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Yard number319
Launched26 January 1928
Out of service1952
FateScrapped 1952
General characteristics
Tonnage342 gross register tons (GRT)
Length190 feet (58 m)
Beam25.1 feet (7.7 m)
Draught8.7 feet (2.7 m)
Speed13.5 knots
Capacity750 passengers

PS Merstone 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 26 January 1928[2] by Mrs Donald A Mathieson, wife of the former general manager of the Scottish section of the L.M.S. Railway Company. She was one of an order for two new ships, the other being Portsdown.

She was withdrawn from service at Christmas 1950 and sold in September 1952 for breaking in Northam.

References

  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ "To-Day's launch at Dundee". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Scotland. 26 January 1928. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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