SS Snaefell (1906)
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SS Snaefell (IV), the fourth ship in the company's history to be so named, was a packet steamer originally owned and operated by G. and J. Burns, who sold her to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1920.
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Snaefell | |
History | |
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Name | 1906: Viper |
Namesake | Snaefell |
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Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan. |
Yard number | 444 |
Launched | 10 March 1906 |
Acquired | 22 March 1920 |
In service | 1906 |
Out of service | 1945 |
Identification | UK {official number]] 121331 |
Fate | Laid up at Port Glasgow 1945, finally scrapped 1949 |
General characteristics | |
Type | packet steamer |
Tonnage | 1,713 GRT |
Length | 315 feet (96 m) |
Beam | 39 feet 6 inches (12.04 m) |
Depth | 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m) |
Propulsion | Steam turbine driven screw-propellers |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Capacity | 1,700 passengers |
Crew | 61 |
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