PS Tynwald
1846 Built by Robert Napier and Sons. 188 feet. 700 tons.
Owned by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co
31/12/1847 inward from Belfast (chartered to Belfast SPCo) in fog collided with outward-bound Government mail packet PS Urgent off Formby and badly damaged. The Urgent was held responsible through excess speed.
1850 during the winter season, she was chartered to the Mediterranean and called at Gibraltar, Genoa and Leghorn, making the round trip in 30 days
1863 reduced to cargo services only
1866 sold to Caird as part payment for a replacement TYNWALD
1866 May-July: chartered for cargo service between Poole and Cherbourg
1866 September: chartered for three round trips to Iceland to import cattle but grounded heavily on rocks off Ornsay
1868 Scrapped
‘Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers’ by George Frank Burtt
In 1845, the Company, to cope with the rapidly increasing traffic, ordered a new steamer from Robert Napier.
Her length breadth of beam 27 feet, depth moulded 13 feet 6 inches and a gross tonnage of 700.
Her figure-head, a full length representation of a Manx Scandinavian King in armour, was very handsome. She had a clipper bow, three masts and a funnel aft the paddle-boxes. She was disposed of in 1866.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Clyde Ships