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Shanklin on trials in 1924 : Picture courtesy of Vosper Thornycroft UK Ltd (now Babcock following a takeover)
Built in 1924 and
sailed primarily on the Portsmouth - Ryde service of the Southern
Railway
Sold to Cosens & Co in 1951 and reamed Monarch, taking the name
of a newly-retired member of the Cosens fleet.
Was also the last and newest paddler brought into the fleet
Retired and scrapped in 1961