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Lorna Doone (ex - Queen of Kent, ex - HMS
Atherstone)
Built in 1916 by
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co at Troon
Engines : Compound diagonal
Dimensions : 235.2 ft x 29.1 ft
798 Gross Registered Tons
Built for the Admiralty for World War I minesweeping
duties
Laid up after the war and remained so until 1928 when bought by the
New Medway Steam Packet Co
Renamed Queen of Kent
Operated on services from the Thames ports to the Kent and Essex
coasts and to the French channel ports.
Laid up in 1939 but requisitioned as a minesweeper in September
1939.
Returned to peacetime service for the 1947 season and also spent 1948
on her Thames routes.
Sold to the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal
Mail Steam Packet Co
Entered service on May 10th 1949 as the Bournemouth excursion vessel
PS Lorna Doone.
Spent the 1950 season and the first part of the 1952 season at
Bournemouth
Transferred to Southampton in July 1952 to replace her fire-damaged
sister PS Solent Queen.
Whilst under refit in the winter of 1952, it was decided not to
proceed and she was sold for scrapping.
Towed to Dover for scrapping on March 13th, 1952
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