Island Harbour Marina for permission to retain the PS Ryde on site for a further three years. This is to allow time to evaluate and find the funding necessary to try and save her. The application was approved by the Council on 5 August 2014, guaranteeing her continued existence for at least another three years The planning permission granted for the redevelopment of the marina states that Ryde must be removed within three years of work commencing. PS Ryde 2018 In June 2018, it was reported that Ryde had been sold and that there were plans to restore the vessel. A charitable trust was to be set up with this aim. An assessment of the vessel was to be undertaken with the assistance of the National Ships Register. It may have been necessary to cut the ship into sections to move her, with restoration estimated at £7–10 million. In November 2018 the P.S. Ryde Trust announced that funds had been raised to purchase Ryde and funding applications for the restoration would be made. After securing for the winter period and pumping out, it was intended that restoration work would start in April 2019 and last for two years, should the necessary funds be available, after which PS Ryde would be fully restored. An inspection in December 2018 revealed that the remains of the bridge and much of the decking had collapsed. Attempts to remove the vessel would be environmentally hazardous, and it was decided to abandon the restoration project and dismantle the vessel later in 2019. Money raised from an on-line appeal would, instead, be used to fund work on the . However, as of August 2020, the dismantling work still had not commenced. In popular culture The Ryde Queen nightclub features in Isabel Ashdown's novel Summer of '76. See also List of ships built by William Denny and Brothers References 1937 ships Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the Southern Railway (UK) Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United Kingdom World War II minesweepers of the United Kingdom Ferry transport on the Isle of Wight Transport in Portsmouth Ships of British Rail Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom