SS Tynwald (1947)

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Tynwald
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NameTynwald
Owner1947–1974: IOMSPCo.
Operator1947–1974: IOMSPCo.
Port of registryDouglas, Isle of Man.
Builder Cammell Laird
Cost£461,859 (equivalent to £19,200,000 in 2021). [1]
Yard number1184
Way number165284
Launched24 July 1947
Maiden voyage31 July 1947
Out of serviceAugust 1974
Identification IMO number:  165284 [2]
FateScrapped at Avtles, Spain, 1975
General characteristics
TypeKing Orry Class Passenger Steamer.
Tonnage2,490  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length345 feet (105 m)
Beam47 feet (14 m)
Depth18 feet (5.5 m)
Installed power8,500  shp (6,300 kW)
PropulsionTwin Parsons single reduction turbines; developing 8,500  shp (6,300 kW)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity2393 passengers
Crew68

TSS (RMS) Tynwald (V), No. 165248, was a passenger vessel operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1947 to 1974, and was the fifth vessel in the history of the line to bear the name. [3]

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History

Tynwald was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1947, at a cost of £461,859 (equivalent to £19,200,000 in 2021). [1]

The third of the six sisters, Tynwald was virtually identical to her two predecessors King Orry and Mona's Queen except for her tonnage, which was 2490. [4] Her dimensions, speed and horsepower, also crew accommodation, matched the Snaefell and Mona's Isle.

Incidents

There was one accident in her history when she sank the barge Elanor in the Mersey on 25 February 1952.

Service life and disposal

She was popular and considered to have done a very sound job for the company, and she continued to give service until August 1974, when she was withdrawn from the fleet. By then, the company's newer car ferries were taking the bulk of the passenger traffic, and therefore it was viable to reduce the number of passenger vessels from seven to six.

Tynwald was sold to John Cashmore of Newport, Mons. for £57,000 (equivalent to £509,000 in 2021), [1] and resold to Spanish breakers who demolished her at Avtles in February 1975.

Her ship's whistle was retained by the company, and to the delight of lovers of Manx ships, was fitted to the car ferry Ben-my-Chree during her winter overhaul in 1978.

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