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History
Name	PS Mayflower
Operator	1866–1884: Solent Steam Packet Company 1884–1905: London and South Western Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Marshall Brothers, Newcastle
Launched	1866
Out of service	1912
Fate	Scrapped 1912
General characteristics
Tonnage	69 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	98.3 feet (30.0 m)
Beam	15.7 feet (4.8 m)
Draught	6.8 feet (2.1 m)

PS Mayflower was a passenger vessel built for the Solent Steam Packet Company in 1866.

History

She was built by Marshall Brothers in Newcastle and launched in 1866 and was used to expand the company services, offering a daily passage between Lymington and Portsmouth.

She was acquired by the London and South Western Railway in 1884.

In 1905 she was acquired by Joseph Constant in London and registered in Southampton. She was broken up in 1912.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "Lymington - Yachting". Dorset County Chronicle. England. 26 April 1866. Retrieved 30 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

• 1866 ships
• Steamships of the United Kingdom
• Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom
• Ships built on the River Tyne
• Ships of the London and South Western Railway