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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.
  3. ^ "New Steam Packet Solent". Hampshire Advertiser. England. 27 June 1863. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Lymington. The New Steamer". Hampshire Advertiser. England. 31 October 1863. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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