PS Ryde was a paddle steamer that was commissioned and run by Southern Railway as a passenger ferry between mainland England and the Isle of Wight from 1937 to 1969, with an interlude during the Secon
PS Ryde at Binfield, Isle of Wight, in October 2005
PS Ryde in 1977, with the Medway Queen in the background
Island Harbour Marina, on the Isle of Wight, UK, is a commercial marina on the River Medina in the small hamlet of Binfield. It is located approximately halfway between Cowes and the County Town of Ne
PS Ryde
…Second World War, where she served as a minesweeper and then an anti-aircraft ship, seeing action at D-Day. After many years abandoned on moorings at Island Harbour Marina on the River Medina, she was purchased by the PS Ryde Trust in late 2018, with the intention of raising money for her restoration. That project was…
Island Harbour Lock at high tide
The "Spice Bus", from the film Spice World, is on permanent display
The PS Medway Queen in the Albion Dry Dock, Bristol, undergoing refurbishment in 2013