United Kingdom Official Number 166061 (1937–70)[1]
Fate
Preservation attempt abandoned January 2019
Status
Laid up at Island Harbour Marina
General characteristics
Tonnage
603 GRT
237 NRT[1]
Length
216 ft 0 in (65.84 m)[1]
Beam
29 ft 1 in (8.86 m)[1]
Draught
7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)[1]
Installed power
Triple expansion steam engine[1]
Propulsion
Paddle wheels
PS Ryde is a paddle steamer that was commissioned and run by Southern Railway as a passenger ferry between mainland England and the Isle of Wight from 1937 to 1969, with an interlude during the Second World War where she served as a minesweeper and then an anti-aircraft ship, seeing action at D-Day. After many years abandoned on moorings at Island Harbour Marina on the River Medina, she was purchased by the PS Ryde Trust in late 2018, with the intention of raising money for her restoration.[2][3][4] That project was abandoned in January 2019.[5]
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^"PS Ryde Paddle Steamer Purchased and Saved from the Scrapheap". Island Echo.
^BBC (29 November 2018). "Decaying paddle steamer PS Ryde to be restored".
^"GOODBYE RYDE QUEEN: TEAM PULL OUT OF PS RYDE RESTORATION PLAN". Island Echo. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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