PS Sandown (1934)
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Sandown (left) at Portsmouth Harbour on 15 July 1965
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| Name: | PS Sandown |
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| Port of registry: |  |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number: | 1272 |
| Launched: | 1 May 1934 |
| Out of service: | 16 July 1966 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 684 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 216 feet (66 m) |
| Beam: | 29.1 feet (8.9 m) |
| Draught: | 7 feet (2.1 m) |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots |
| Capacity: | 900 passengers |
PS Sandown was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1934.[1]
History
The ship was built by William Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton and launched on 1 May 1934[2] by Mrs E.J. Missenden, wife of the manager for the Southern Railway Company Docks at Southampton. She was one of two ships placed by the railway company, the other being Ryde.
She was deployed on the Portsmouth to Ryde ferry service.
She was acquired by British Railways in 1948. On 30 June 1954, she went to the rescue of her sister ship Ryde which had mechanical difficulties. The Sandown managed to secure a tow line and tow her to Portsmouth Harbour. [3]
She was scrapped in 1966.
