Saint George's Day
PS "Ryde" was commissioned by Southern Railway in 1936 as a sister ship for . Costing £46,800 () she was built by William Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton on Clydeside and was licensed to carry 1,011 passengers. After her launch on Saint George's Day 1937, by Lady Walker, wife of Sir Herbert Walker, General Manager of the Southern Railway she replaced the on the Portsmouth to Ryde Pier passenger ferry service.