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Vectis
Launched on June 14th
1866 by J White at Cowes
Dimensions : 150.6 ft (later 140.8 ft) x 18.2 ft
137 Gross Registered Tons (later 122)
Built for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South
of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Re-engined in 1877 by Day, Summers, with a new compound diagonal
unit
Converted to a cargo vessel in 1887 being shortened to 140.8 ft
Taken out of service in 1910 and scrapped the following year.
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