PS Whippingham (1930)
Aerial photograph of Whippingham while in Royal Navy service. | |
| History | |
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| Name | PS Whippingham |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Fairfield, Govan |
| Yard number | 642 |
| Launched | 1 May 1930 |
| Out of service | August 1963 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 825 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 244 feet (74 m) |
| Beam | 30.1 feet (9.2 m) |
| Draught | 10.5 feet (3.2 m) |
PS Whippingham was a passenger paddle steamer built for the Southern Railway in 1930 for the ferry route to the Isle of Wight. After distinguished war service, she returned to ferry work until she was scrapped in 1963.