RMS Lady of Mann is launched at Barrow-in-Furness
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History | |
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Name | Lady of Mann |
Owner | 1930–1971: IoMSPCo. |
Operator | 1930–1971: IoMSPCo. |
Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Cost | £ 249,073 |
Launched | 4 March 1930 |
In service | 1930 |
Out of service | 14 August 1971 |
Identification |
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Fate | Concluded revenue service August 1971. Sailed for Barrow-in-Furness, 17 August, to be laid up awaiting sale. Sold 14 December 1971, to Arnott Young and Co. Taken under tow by the tug Wrestler on 29 December, arriving at Dalmuir on 31 December, for breaking. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger Steamer |
Tonnage | 3,104 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 372 feet (113 m)[3] |
Beam | 50 feet (15 m) |
Depth | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
Installed power | Steam Turbine developing 220 pounds per square inch (1,500 kPa) 11,500 shp (8,600 kW) |
Propulsion | Four single reduction geared steam turbines working at 220 pounds per square inch (1,500 kPa), developing 11,500 shp (8,600 kW), driving twin screws. |
Speed | In excess of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Capacity | 2,873 passengers |
Crew | 81 |
TSS (RMS) Lady of Mann (No. 145307), was a passenger ship, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company at Barrow-in-Furness in 1930, at a cost of £249,073. Certificated to carry 2,873 passengers and 81 crew, she was commissioned to operate on the Island's busy Douglas–Liverpool and Douglas–Fleetwood routes, and had a maximum speed of 23 knots. Her hull was at first the company's conventional black, but was changed to white and green in 1933,[4] only to revert to black after her war service.
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