TSS Duke of York (1894)
Peel Castle
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| Name: | Peel Castle formerly Duke of York |
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| Port of registry: | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number: | 480 |
| Way number: | 104233 |
| In service: | 1894 |
| Out of service: | 1939 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking |
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| Type: | Packet Steamer |
| Tonnage: | 1,474 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 310' |
| Beam: | 37' |
| Depth: | 16' |
| Installed power: | 4,100 horsepower |
| Speed: | 17 knots (20 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,162 passengers |
| Crew: | 42 |
The passenger steamer SS Peel Castle was operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from her purchase in 1912 until she was sold for breaking in 1939.
Peel Castle was built at Dumbarton by William Denny and Brothers, who also supplied her engines and boilers. She had a registered tonnage of 1,474 GRT; length 310 feet; beam 37 feet; draught 16 feet and a design speed of 17 knots.
Peel Castle had accommodation for 1,162 passengers, and a crew of 42.
She entered service in 1894 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company's Fleetwood - Belfast route with the name of Duke of York. In 1911, she was sold to the "Turkish Patriotic Committee". In 1912 she was purchased, together with the Ramsey, by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and renamed Peel Castle.
She was requisitioned by the Admiralty at the outbreak of war in 1914.
She was fitted out as an Armed Boarding Vessel (ABV) by Cammell Laird in late November 1914. She was to have 100 officers and crew and was fitted out as an auxiliary, capable of carrying boarding parties and prize crews, and was put under the command of Lieutenant-Commander P. E. Haynes RNR
Peel Castle sailed under the White Ensign in January 1915, her engine room manned mostly by Steam Packet Company personnel, and became part of the Downs Boarding Flotilla, a section of the Dover Patrol, where she remained for three years and one month.
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