Snaefell (1948)

Career
Name: TSS Snaefell
Owner: 1948–1978: IOMSPCo.
Operator: 1948–1978: IOMSPCo.
Port of registry: Douglas, Isle of Man
Builder: Cammell Laird
Cost: £504,448
Yard number: 1192
Launched: 11 March 1948
Maiden voyage: 24 July 1948
Out of service: 1978
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2,489 gross register tons (GRT)
Speed: 21.5 knots (24.7 mph)

TSS Snaefell was a passenger vessel operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1948 to 1978.[1]

History

She was built at Cammell Laird, as one of six ships delivered by the company between 1946 and 1955 at a cost of £504,448 (£13,646,890 as of 2012),[2].

She operated between Liverpool or Fleetwood to Douglas on the Isle of Man.

References

  1. ^ Shipping world & shipbuilder: Volume 165. 1972
  2. ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.