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Duchess of Richmond
Operating Area : Portsmouth-Ryde railway connections
Built in 1910 by D & W Henderson of Glasgow
Length : 190.2 feet - breadth 26.1 feet (58 x 8.0 metres)
Gross tonnage : 365
Engine : Compond diagonal 27 and 51 in x 54 in
Built to maintain railway connections from Portsmouth to
Ryde on the Isle of Wight for the LSWR / LBSCR
Launched : 11/6/1910
Served as a minesweeper as HMS Duchess of Richmond during World War I
Mined and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 28/6/1915
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