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Princess Beatrice
Built in 1880
by Barclay, Curle at Glasgow
Engines : Compound Diagonal
Dimensions: 175.7 ft x 20.1 ft
253 Gross Registered Tonnes
Built for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South
of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Inaugurated Lee-on-the-Solent Pier on April 3rd, 1888
Reboilered in 1893
In 1897 she was seriously damaged when rammed at her quay at
Southampton
Requisitioned for World War I minesweeping duties in 1917
Returned to service in 1919, remaining in service until December
1930.
Scrapped at Northam in 1933
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