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Swanage Queen (ex - Sussex Queen, ex -
Freshwater)
Built in 1927 by John Samuel White & Co at Cowes
Length 152.5 ft : 263 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 19.5 and 37 in x 42 in
Built for the Southern Railway connection from
Lymington (Dorset) to Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
Withdrawn after the 1959 season and sold to Herbert Jennings
Sailed as Sussex Queen on the Sussex coast in 1960 and Swanage Queen
from Bournemouth to Swanage in 1961
Scrapped in 1962
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