Name Tynwald. Way number 45474 Length 73 m | Launched 17 March 1866 Builder Caird & Company | |
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Cost £26,000 (equivalent to £2,172,240 in 2015). | ||
SS (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.
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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) and her engines developed 1,300 shp (970 kW).
Service life.
Built by Caird & Co of Greenock, and launched on Saturday 17 March 1866, Tynwald cost the Company £26,000 (equivalent to £2,172,240 in 2015). 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.
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 (equivalent to £1,019,052 in 2015).
Tynwald was designed to carry a mixture of passengers and cargo. Her designation as a Royal Mail Ship (RMS) indicated that she carried mail under contract with the Royal Mail. For the storage of letters, parcels and specie (bullion, coins and other valuables) a specified area was allocated for the carriage of such items. In addition, there was a considerable quantity of regular cargo, ranging from furniture to foodstuffs.
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 (equivalent to £2,676,669 in 2015).
Official number and code letters
Official numbers are issued by individual flag states. They should not be confused with IMO ship identification numbers. Tynwald had the UK Official Number 45474 and used the Code Letters H R T J .