TSS Tynwald

TSS 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.

Career
Name:	TSS Tynwald
Owner:	1947–1974: IOMSPCo.
Operator:	1947–1974: IOMSPCo.
Port of registry:	Douglas, Isle of Man.
Builder:	Cammell Laird
Cost:	£461,859
Yard number:	1184
Launched:	24 July 1947
Maiden voyage:	31 July 1947
Out of service:	August 1974
Fate:	Scrapped at Avtles, Spain, 1975.
General characteristics
Tonnage:	2,493 gross register tons (GRT)
Speed:	21 knots

History

Tynwald (V) was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1947, at a cost of £461,859, and was virtually identical to her two predecessors (King Orry and Mona's Queen) except for her tonnage, which was 2493. Her dimensions, speed and horsepower, also crew accommodation, matched the Snaefell (V) and Mona's Isle (V).

Incidents

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

Service life and Disposal

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and considered to have done a very sound job for the Company, and she continued to give service until 1974 when she was withdrawn from the fleet in August.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

Tynwald was sold to John Cashmore of Newport, Mons. for £57,000, 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, were fitted to the car ferry Ben-my-Chree (V) during her winter overhaul in 1978.

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