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Victoria (1881)
Built in 1881 by
Aitken & Mansell at Glasgow
Engines : Compound diagonal by D Rowan
Dimensions : 191.9 ft x 25.1 ft
366 Gross Registered Tons
One of three double-ended ferries built for the
railway connection from Portsmouth to Ryde.
Distinguishable by having her funnels fore and aft of the paddle
boxes.
Purchased by the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South Coast Company
in 1899.
Withdrawn and scrapped in 1900
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