Thursday, November 5, 2015

to the Isle of Man with the 'Manxman' steamer, 1904


The Manxman was built at the yards of Vickers Sons and Maxim at Barrow-in-Furness; her keel was laid in 1903. She was a steel; triple-screw turbine vessel, which had an original tonnage of 2030 GRT; length 330 feet (101 metres); beam 43 feet (13 metres); depth 18 feet. Her engines produced a boiler pressure of 200 psi and generated 10,000 indicated horsepower. This gave Manxman a service speed of 22 knots. She was certificated to carry 2,020 passengers and had a crew complement of 80.

Apart from Isle of Man service, the ship survived use in the two World Wars.

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