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PS Melcombe Regis( ex Lune)


Builders: T B Seath & Co Rutherglen 1892

Propulsion type: Paddle 2 cylinder compound diagonal

Owners: Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railway Companies, Cosens & Co

Service dates: 1892 - 1920

Tonnage: Gross 253

Comments:

This small steamer was built for the Fleetwood to Heysham and Blackpool service on which route she plied until sold to Cosens & Co in 1913. In June of that year she sailed for Cosens from Weymouth to Bournemouth & Swanage and her name was changed to Melcombe Regis. She survived the Great War, when she was used for War Office and Admiralty coastal work at Weymouth and Plymouth, but was sold for breaking up in 1920. The above image is supplied courtesy of Richard Cox. For a picture of her as PS Lune please click here.


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