TSS Manxman (1955)
Manxman | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Isle of Man | |
| Name | TSS Manxman |
| Owner | 1955-1982: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Operator | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Ordered | 1953 |
| Builder | Cammell Laird |
| Cost | £847,000 |
| Way number | Official Number 186349 |
| Laid down | 1954 |
| Launched | 1955 |
| Maiden voyage | 21 May 1955 |
| In service | 1955 |
| Out of service | 1982 |
| Home port | Douglas |
| Identification | IMO number: 5219943 |
| Fate | Scrapped 2011/12 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | King Orry-class Packet Steamer |
| Type | Passenger Steamer. |
| Tonnage | 2495 gross register tons |
| Length | 325 feet (99 m) |
| Beam | 46 feet (14 m) |
| Depth | 18 feet (5.5 m) |
| Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Pametrada turbines driven by superheated steam at 350 pounds per square inch (2,400 kPa) |
| Speed | 22 knots (25 mph) |
| Capacity | Passenger and crew: 2,393 |
TSS Manxman was a passenger ferry launched from the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, on 8 February 1955. She was the final vessel in a class of six similar ships, the Six Sisters, ordered by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and was the second of the Company's ships to carry this name. She was withdrawn from service in 1982. Following a failed preservation attempt, and featuring in a music video in the process, the ship was broken up at Sunderland in 2012.