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SS Tynwald (1866)
SS Tynwald pictured leaving Douglas.
Tynwald leaving her home port, Douglas.
Career Civil Ensign of the Isle of Man
Name: Tynwald.
Owner: 1866-1888: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Operator: 1866-1888: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Port of registry: Isle of Man Douglas, Isle of Man
Builder: Caird & Co., Greenock.
Cost: £26,000 (£2,151,199 as of 2025).[1]
Way number: 45474
Launched: 17th March, 1866
Completed: 1866
Maiden voyage: Not recorded.
Out of service: 1888
Identification: Official Number 45474
Code Letters H R T J
ICS HotelICS RomeoICS TangoICS Juliet
[2]
Fate: Disposed of 1888.
Status: Scrapped
General characteristics
Type: Paddle Steamer
Tonnage: 696 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 240 ft 0 in (73.2 m)
Beam: 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m)
Depth: 14 ft 0 in (4.3 m)
Ice class: N/A
Installed power: Not recorded.
Propulsion: Two-cylinder oscillating engines working at 25 pounds per square inch (170 kPa), producing an indicated horsepower of approximately 1,300 shp (970 kW)
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[3]

PS (RMS) Tynwald (II) No. 45474, was an iron paddle-steamer which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and was the second vessel in the Company to bear the name.

She was the third of three sisters to come from the Greenock yards of Caird & Co., her two older siblings being Snaefell and Douglas.

Dimensions.[]

Tynwald had a registered tonnage of 696 GRT. Length 240'; beam 26'; depth 14'. Tynwald had an operating speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[4] and her engines developed 1,300 shp (970 kW).

SS Tynwald arriving at Llandudno

Tynwald arriving at Llandudno, 19th July, 1887.

Service life.[]

Built by Caird & Co of Greenock, and launched on Saturday March 17, 1866,[5] Tynwald cost the Company £26,000 (£2,151,199 as of 2025).[1] Both funnels were situated aft of the paddle boxes, with the main mast close to the after funnel.

Tynwald and her sisters were considered fast vessels. Indeed her older sister Snaefell, is recorded as having made the passage from Douglas to Liverpool in 4hrs 20 minutes, which would suggest a speed in excess of 15 knots.[6] In 1882 Tynwald had a thorough overhaul. She was fitted with new boilers, surface condenser and new decks, which with repairs to the engines cost £11,219 (£1,009,181 as of 2025).[1]

Disposal.[]

After an uneventful career, Tynwald was disposed of in 1888.

Both Tynwald and her older sister Douglas were sold at auction, and raised the combined sum of £26,644 (£2,650,742 as of 2025).[1]

Tynwald & Douglas

Tynwald (left) & Douglas (right) pictured in Douglas Bay

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2013), "What Were the British Earnings and Prices Then? (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  2. Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry) p.66
  3. Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry, 1973) p.64
  4. Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry, 1973) p.64
  5. Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry, 1973) p.64
  6. Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry, 1973) p.64
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