SS Fenella (1936)
Fenella at Douglas, Isle of Man
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 Isle of Man
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| Name: | Fenella |
| Owner: | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Port of registry: |
 Douglas, Isle of Man
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| Route: | Douglas-Liverpool, Douglas-Fleetwood |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Cost: | £203,550 |
| Launched: | 16 December 1936 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1937 |
| Homeport: | Douglas, Isle of Man |
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| Fate: | Sunk at Dunkirk, 29 May 1940 |
| Status: | Wreck |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Passenger steamer |
| Tonnage: | 2,375.53 GRT |
| Length: | 314 ft 6 in (95.9 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft (14.0 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Ice class: | N/A |
| Installed power: | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Twin-screw geared Parson's turbines, working at a steam pressure of 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa), driving two sets of single-reduction turbines, developing 8,500 shp (6,300 kW). |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1968 passengers |
| Crew: | 68 |
TSS (RMS) Fenella (II) No. 145310 was a pre-Second World War passenger steamer built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness in 1936, for service with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. She was sunk by air attack during the evacuation of Dunkirk in May 1940.
Fenella's sister ship Tynwald was also lost during the war.
Identical to her twin sister Tynwald, Fenella had a registered tonnage of 2376; a beam of 46'; length 314'6" and a depth of 18'. Both Tynwald and Fenella were designed with a service speed of 21 knots, accommodation for a crew of 68, and certificated to carry 1968 passengers. Both vessels were fitted with twin-screw geared turbines, and had water tube boilers with a steam pressure of 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa), and two sets of single-reduction turbines, developing 8,500 shp (6,300 kW).
Both Fenella and Tynwald were launched at Barrow on the same day, 16 December 1936.
Smaller than their immediate predecessors, they were designed specifically for winter work and were the first ships in the company to have cruiser sterns.
Both ships worked on the heavy seasonal traffic on the main Douglas-Liverpool route, and both were much appreciated by passengers, especially in winter weather. With large public rooms, both twins were furnished to a high standard, and apart from slight decorative differences, they were of similar external appearance, except that Tynwald had her upper strake painted white, whereas on Fenella it was black.
On Tuesday 16 November 1937, a storm, with associated south-easterly gales, forced Fenella to seek shelter on the protected western side of the Isle of Man near Peel. She proceeded to Douglas early on the morning of Wednesday 17 November, to take the morning sailing to Liverpool.
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