PS Portsdown (1928)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | PS Portsdown |
| Operator | Southern Railway |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Yard number | 320 |
| Launched | 23 March 1928 |
| Fate | Mined and sunk 20 September 1941 |
| 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) |
PS Portsdown was a passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1928. She was one of the civilian ships that participated in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and was sunk by a naval mine a year later.