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PS Her Majesty
Built in 1885 by Barclay, Curle at Glasgow
Engines : Compound diagonal
Dimensions : 185.2 ft x 20.1 ft
325 Gross Registered Tonnes

Built for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Sank after a collision at Southampton dock on February 13th 1896
Raised and repaired, she was back in service in 1897
Reboilered in 1901
Requisitioned as a minesweeper from 1917 to 1919
After the 1927 season her deck saloons were removed to allow her to carry more cars
Sunk at Southampton during an air raid on December 1st, 1940
Later raised and scrapped

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