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TSS Ben-my-Chree (1927)
TSS (RMS) ''Ben-my-Chree'' (IV) No. 145304 – the fourth vessel in the company's history to be so named – was a passenger ferry operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1927 and 1965. ''Ben-my-Chree'' was built in 1927 at the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead. She was the first steamer built after World War I for the Steam Packet Co. Upon the ordering of the vessel by the Steam Packet, a contracted cost of £185,000 was agreed. However, early construction was then held up by the long coal strike of 1926. Steel had to be purchased from Continental sources, and her keel was not laid until November of that year. Dimensions ''Ben-my-Chree'' measured 2,586 GRT; length 355 feet; beam 46 feet; depth 18'6"; speed 22.5–24.5 knots. She was certified for a crew complement of 82, and had a passenger capacity of 2,586. The first vessel in the history of the line to be constructed as an oil burner, she was fitted with two single-reduction geared turbines by Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pounds Per Square Inch
The pound per square inch or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch (symbol: lbf/in2; abbreviation: psi) is a unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units. It is the pressure resulting from a force of one pound-force applied to an area of one square inch. In SI units, 1 psi is approximately equal to 6895 Pa. Pounds per square inch absolute (psia) is used to make it clear that the pressure is relative to a vacuum rather than the ambient atmospheric pressure. Since atmospheric pressure at sea level is around , this will be added to any pressure reading made in air at sea level. The converse is pounds per square inch gauge (psig), indicating that the pressure is relative to atmospheric pressure. For example, a bicycle tire pumped up to 65 psig in a local atmospheric pressure at sea level (14.7 psi) will have a pressure of 79.7 psia (14.7 psi + 65 psi). When gauge pressure is referenced to something other than ambient atmospheric pressure, then the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Of Mann And Ben-my-Chree Berthed At The Victoria Pier, Douglas, Isle Of Man
The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Informal use is sometimes euphemistic ("lady of the night" for prostitute) or, in American slang, condescending in direct address (equivalent to "mister" or "man"). "Lady" is also a formal title in the United Kingdom. "Lady" is used before the family name of a woman with a title of nobility or honorary title '' suo jure'' (in her own right), or the wife of a lord, a baronet, Scottish feudal baron, laird, or a knight, and also before the first name of the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl. Etymology The word comes from Old English '; the first part of the word is a mutated form of ', "loaf, bread", also seen in the corresponding ', "lord". The second part is usually taken to be from the root ''dig-'', "to knead", seen also in dough; th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona's Queen (1934)
TSS (RMS) ''Mona's Queen'' (III) No. 145308, was a ship built for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1934. The steamer, which was the third vessel in the company's history to bear the name, was one of five ships to be specially commissioned by the company between 1927 and 1937. They were replacements for the various second-hand steamers that had been purchased to replace the company's losses during the First World War. However, the life of the ''Mona's Queen'' proved to be short: six years after being launched she was sunk by a sea mine during the Dunkirk evacuation on 29 May 1940. Construction Ordered in August, 1933, ''Mona's Queen'' was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead at a cost of £30,000 (approx. £12.3 million in 2017). ''Mona's Queen'' was the sixth vessel to be built in the Birkenhead yards for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and was completed in June 1934. Constructed under special survey in accordance with the requirements of Lloyd's Register of Ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSS Lady Of Mann
TSS (RMS) ''Lady of Mann'' ( No. 145307), was a passenger ship, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company at Barrow-in-Furness in 1930, at a cost of £249,073. Certificated to carry 2,873 passengers and 81 crew, she was commissioned to operate on the Island's busy Douglas–Liverpool and Douglas– Fleetwood routes, and had a maximum speed of 23 knots. Her hull was at first the company's conventional black, but was changed to white and green in 1933,Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company: Fred Henry 1962 page 50. only to revert to black after her war service. Service life The year 1930 saw the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company celebrate its centenary, and to mark this, ''Lady of Mann'' was to be the largest ship ever built for it to that date.Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company: Fred Henry 1962 page 27. The keel of ''Lady of Mann'' was laid on 26 October 1929, and by early spring the following year she was ready f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
