RMS Lady of Mann

RMS Lady of Mann is launched at Barrow-in-Furness
History
Name	Lady of Mann
Owner	1930–1971: IoMSPCo.
Operator	1930–1971: IoMSPCo.
Port of registry	Douglas, Isle of Man
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Cost	£ 249,073
Launched	4 March 1930
In service	1930
Out of service	14 August 1971
Identification	IMO number: 5201893[1] Code Letters G M K Z [2]
Fate	Concluded revenue service August 1971. Sailed for Barrow-in-Furness, 17 August, to be laid up awaiting sale. Sold 14 December 1971, to Arnott Young and Co. Taken under tow by the tug Wrestler on 29 December, arriving at Dalmuir on 31 December, for breaking.
General characteristics
Type	Passenger Steamer
Tonnage	3,104 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	372 feet (113 m)[3]
Beam	50 feet (15 m)
Depth	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Installed power	Steam Turbine developing 220 pounds per square inch (1,500 kPa) 11,500 shp (8,600 kW)
Propulsion	Four single reduction geared steam turbines working at 220 pounds per square inch (1,500 kPa), developing 11,500 shp (8,600 kW), driving twin screws.
Speed	In excess of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Capacity	2,873 passengers
Crew	81

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,^[4] only to revert to black after her war service.