SS Tynwald (1947)

Tynwald
History
Name	Tynwald
Owner	1947–1974: IOMSPCo.
Operator	1947–1974: IOMSPCo.
Port of registry	Douglas, Isle of Man.
Builder	Cammell Laird
Cost	£461,859 (equivalent to £22,800,000 in 2023).[1]
Yard number	1184
Way number	165284
Launched	24 July 1947
Maiden voyage	31 July 1947
Out of service	August 1974
Identification	IMO number: 165284[2]
Fate	Scrapped at Avtles, Spain, 1975
General characteristics
Type	King Orry Class Passenger Steamer.
Tonnage	2,490 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	345 feet (105 m)
Beam	47 feet (14 m)
Depth	18 feet (5.5 m)
Installed power	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	Twin Parsons single reduction turbines; developing 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity	2393 passengers
Crew	68

TSS (RMS) Tynwald (V), No. 165248, was a passenger vessel operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1947 to 1974, and was the fifth vessel in the history of the line to bear the name.^[3]

Tynwald was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1947, at a cost of £461,859 (equivalent to £22,800,000 in 2023).^[1]

The third of the six sisters, Tynwald was virtually identical to her two predecessors King Orry and Mona's Queen except for her tonnage, which was 2490.^[4] Her dimensions, speed and horsepower, also crew accommodation, matched the Snaefell and Mona's Isle.

There was one accident in her history when she sank the barge Elanor in the Mersey on 25 February 1952.

She was popular and considered to have done a very sound job for the company, and she continued to give service until August 1974, when she was withdrawn from the fleet. By then, the company's newer car ferries were taking the bulk of the passenger traffic, and therefore it was viable to reduce the number of passenger vessels from seven to six.

Tynwald was sold to John Cashmore of Newport, Mons. for £57,000 (equivalent to £604,000 in 2023),^[1] and resold to Spanish breakers who demolished her at Avtles in February 1975.

Her ship's whistle was retained by the company, and to the delight of lovers of Manx ships, was fitted to the car ferry Ben-my-Chree during her winter overhaul in 1978.

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