PS Ryde
PS Ryde at Binfield, Isle of Wight, in October 2005 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | PS Ryde |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Cost | £46,800 |
| Launched | 23 April 1937 |
| In service | 1937 |
| Out of service | 1970–2010 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Preservation attempt abandoned January 2019 |
| Status | Laid up at Island Harbour Marina |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 216 ft 0 in (65.84 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft 1 in (8.86 m) |
| Draught | 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
| Propulsion | Paddle wheels |
PS Ryde is a paddle steamer that was commissioned and run by Southern Railway as a passenger ferry between mainland England and the Isle of Wight from 1937 to 1969, with an interlude during the Second World War where she served as a minesweeper and then an anti-aircraft ship, seeing action at D-Day. After many years abandoned on moorings at Island Harbour Marina on the River Medina, she was purchased by the PS Ryde Trust in late 2018, with the intention of raising money for her restoration. That project was abandoned in January 2019.