Builders: Day, Summers & Co., Northiam 1893
Propulsion type: Paddle compound diagonal
Owners: London & South Western Railway Company, London & South western Railway Company & London Brighton & South Coast Railway Companies Joint Fleet.
Service dates: 1893 - 1927
Tonnage: Gross 130
Comments:
Lymington, at 130 GRT was the smallest paddle steamer to sail to the Isle of Wight and was built to replace Mayflower. Sporting reliable compound diagonal machinery she had a reliable career until she was replaced by the larger Freshwater in 1927. She was used for towing barges between Lymnington and Yarmouth until September 1929 and then had her engines and boiler removed for use as a houseboat on the Hamble River. She was later sold and used for a training ship in Norfolk and had the names of Glengarry and later Lord Nelson.
This card was posted at Bournemouth on 16 September 1901 and the writer states that there are "Lots of French and Belgian visitors in Bournemouth. Our nationality are few and all the shops are complaining". This is probably evidence of the growing cross channel trade although the purchasing power of the tourist would appear to be unrealised at that time!