RMS Lady of Mann
RMS Lady of Mann
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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 |
| In service: | 1930 |
| Out of service: | 14 August 1971 |
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| Nickname(s): | The Lady |
| Fate: | Concluded revenue service August 1971. Sailed for Barrow, 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. |
| Status: | Disposed 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Passenger Steamer |
| Tonnage: | 3,104 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 372 feet (113 m) |
| 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: | 2873 passengers |
| Crew: | 81 |
TSS (RMS) Lady of Mann 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; 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, only to revert to black after her war service.
Official No. 145307. Steel; twin-screw geared turbine. Tonnage 3,104 GRT; 372 ft 0 in (113.4 m); 50 ft 0 in (15.2 m); depth 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m).
The year 1930 saw the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company celebrate its centenary, and to mark this, the Lady of Mann was to be the largest ship ever built for it to that date. The keel of the Lady of Mann was laid on 26 October 1929, and by early spring the following year she was ready for launching.
The Lady of Mann was launched on 4 March 1930, by the Duchess of Atholl, the Lady of Mann, after whom she was named.
The Lady of Mann Clyde trials recorded 22.79 knots, but her speed was often over 23 knots on regular service. She was driven by two sets of single-reduction geared turbines; 220 pounds per square inch (1,500 kPa), and developed a shaft horsepower of 11,500. The ship was oil-fired by cylindrical Scotch boilers.
Lady of Mann's general design and machinery followed closely that of the Ben-my-Chree, with the improvements gained by the three years operation of that vessel. Her initial work was on the Douglas - Fleetwood service where she took the place of the Viking, and engaged on Sunday excursions from that port.
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