PS Merstone (1928)

PS Merstone was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1928.^[1]

History
Name	1924–1941: PS Merstone
Operator	1924–1941: Southern Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Yard number	319
Launched	26 January 1928
Out of service	1952
Fate	Scrapped 1952
General characteristics
Tonnage	342 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	190 feet (58 m)
Beam	25.1 feet (7.7 m)
Draught	8.7 feet (2.7 m)
Speed	13.5 knots
Capacity	750 passengers

History

The ship was built by Caledon Shipbuilding of Dundee and launched on 26 January 1928^[2] by Mrs Donald A Mathieson, wife of the former general manager of the Scottish section of the L.M.S. Railway Company. She was one of an order for two new ships, the other being Portsdown.

She was withdrawn from service at Christmas 1950 and sold in September 1952 for breaking in Northam.