PS ''Duchess of Albany'' was a passenger vessel built for the

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

and

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...

in 1889.

History

The ship was built by Scotts of Greenock and launched on 7 November 1889. She was constructed for a joint venture between the

and the

for the passenger trade to the

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. Occasionally she also undertook excursion runs, for example on 28 June 1890 there was an advertised trip from Portsmouth, Southsea and Ryde to Bournemouth. The fare was 2s 6d (equivalent to £ in ) (excluding Pier Tolls). In 1923 she passed to the Southern Railway and was scrapped in 1928.

References

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