SS Snaefell (1910)

Snaefell.
History
Name	Snaefell
Namesake	Snaefell
Owner	1910–1914: IOMSPCo1914-1918: Operated by The Admiralty
Operator	1910–1914: IOMSPCo. 1914-1918: The Admiralty
Port of registry	Douglas, Isle of Man.
Builder	Cammell Laird
Cost	£59,275
Yard number	758[1]
Way number	118606
Launched	12 February 1910
Completed	1910
Maiden voyage	28 July 1910
In service	1910
Out of service	1914
Fate	Acquired by The Admiralty in 1914, and refitted as an Armed Patrol Vessel. Torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean 5 June 1918.
General characteristics
Type	Passenger Steamer
Tonnage	1,368 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	270 ft 0 in (82.3 m)270'
Beam	41 ft 4 in (12.6 m)
Depth	16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)
Installed power	5,300 ihp (4,000 kW).
Propulsion	Direct-acting inverted triple expansion engines.
Speed	19 knots (22 mph)
Capacity	1241 passengers
Crew	43

RMS Snaefell (III) – the third ship in the line's history to be so named – was a packet steamer operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1910 to 1914. She was then acquired by the Admiralty at the outbreak of the First World War, until she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on 5 June 1918.