Isle of Wight Photo
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MV Brading
 British Railways IoW Ferries
MVs Brading & her sister ship Southsea at the builders yard at Dunbarton 1948
Built for British Railways for the Southern Region
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 British Railways Southern Region introduced Brading in March 1948 along with her sister ship Southsea
Service dates: 1948 - 1985
Picture Courtesy of Tom Lee (Paddle Steamer Picture Gallery)
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 MV Brading about 1958
Incorrectly described as a Steamer
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 MV Brading 1982
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 MV Brading about 1983 arriving at Ryde Pier Head
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 Passenger ferry, Brading, crossing from Portsmouth to Ryde 1984
Photographed from MV Southsea
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 MV Brading crossing from Ryde to Portsmouth with a slightly battered Bow
Photographed sometime after 1985
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 MV Brading's sister ship MV Southsea
Leaving Portsmouth for Ryde 1985
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 A sad ending
MV Brading at Pound's Scrapyard August 1994
Photo copyright Andrew S Cooke
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