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Southampton,
Isle of Wight & Portsmouth Improved Steamboat Co
Set up by in 1860 to run
two new steamers from Southampton to Cowes in the 1861 season in
opposition to the two existing operators who, for the 1861 season,
merged to form the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
The venture was not successful, with the company being wound up on
account of bankruptcy in 1862 and after a period of cooperation
between the two companies, the assets of the "Improved Steamboat
Company" were taken over by the earlier "Southampton" company in
1865.
Vessels taken over by the "Southampton" company:
Lord of the Isles
Lady of the Lake
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