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SS Tynwald (1891)
SS Royal Mail Ship, (RMS) ''Tynwald'' (III), Official number, No. 95755, was an iron passenger steamer which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and was the third vessel in the Company to bear Tynwald, the name. Dimensions Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Fairfields at Govan in 1891, ''Tynwald'' was the first Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessel fitted with a triple-expansion engine. She was launched on Monday, 11 May 1891; for the first time in the Company's history the builders' specification included full installation of electric lighting. ''Tynwald'' had a certificate for 679 first class passengers and 225 third, a total of 904, and a crew of 50. ''Tynwald'' had a registered tonnage (Gross register tonnage, GRT) of 937. Length 265 feet (81 metres) between perpendiculars; Beam (nautical), beam 34 feet (10 metres); depth 14 feet; and a speed of 18 Knot (unit), knots. Her two boilers had a steam pressure of 160 pounds per square inch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Man Steam Packet Company
An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * Isle (river), a river in France * Isle, Haute-Vienne, a commune of the Haute-Vienne ''département'' in France * Isle, Minnesota, a small city in the United States * River Isle, a river in England Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment'' (or ''ISLE''), a journal published by Oxford University Press for the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment *''The Isle'', 2017 film with Conleth Hill * ''The Isle'', a 2000 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk * ''Isle'' (album) Other uses * International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE), a learned society of linguists See also * Aisle An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
