SS The Ramsey
The Ramsey.
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| Builder: | Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Yard number: | 243 |
| Launched: | 9 May 1895 |
| Identification: | ON 104240 |
| Fate: | Sunk 8 August 1915 |
| Status: | War Grave |
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| Type: | Ferry |
| Tonnage: | 1,546 GRT |
| Length: | 310 ft 2 in (94.5 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft 1 in (11.3 m) |
| Depth: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Ice class: | N/A |
| Installed power: | 5,300 shp (4,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Twin screw, steam turbine |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1162 passengers |
| Crew: | 42 |
SS or RMS The Ramsey was a passenger steamer operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1912 to 1914. She had been built in 1895 as Duke of Lancaster for the joint service to Belfast of the London and North Western Railway and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway companies. The steamer was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 as the armed boarding vessel HMS Ramsey and sunk the following year.
Duke of Lancaster was launched on 9 May 1895 at the Barrow-in-Furness yard of the Naval Construction & Armaments Co, who also constructed the engines and boilers.
The vessel initially had a tonnage of 1,546 grt and 467 nrt; length 310'2"; beam 37'1"; depth 16'4".Duke of Lancaster had an operating speed of 19 knots.
Duke of Lancaster entered service with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company who operated her with the London & North Western Railway Company on the Fleetwood - Belfast service.
In March 1911, Duke of Lancaster was sold to an organisation named the Turkish Patriotic Committee, who had the engines and boilers renovated at Cammell Laird. However, the outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War in September 1911, prevented the purchasers from taking delivery, and the vessel was sold in 1912 to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
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