Portsmouth Queen

Portsmouth Queen heading for Portsmouth

The Portsmouth Queen was a vessel owned by the Gosport Ferry Company Ltd. It was built by Thornycroft of Woolston, Hampshire.

History

The vessel was built in 1966 to the exact design to the Gosport Queen and was delivered in a green and white livery. Later, it was repainted into the now standard Gosport Ferry colours. The vessel is no longer in service, but use to run alongside the new Spirit of Gosport or the Spirit of Portsmouth. In the early days it was always hard to tell 'Portsmouth Queen' apart from her twin sister 'Gosport Queen'.

The 'Portsmouth Queen' was sold to a company named Absolute Charters and left Gosport for the final time on 29 February 2016, to start a new life on the River Thames in London, and will be renamed 'London Queen'.