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| Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Route | Douglas – Liverpool, Whitehaven, Fleetwood. |
| Builder | Robert Napier & Co. |
| Cost | Purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for £13,500. |
| Launched | 2 March 1889 |
| In service | 1889 |
| Out of service | 1923 |
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| Fate | Sunk in the River Mersey following a collision with the SS Artemisia 16 August 1923. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Packet Steamer |
| Tonnage | 774 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 240 feet (73 m) |
| Beam | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Depth | 15 feet (4.6 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity | 506 passengers |
| Crew | 33 |
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SS (RMS) Douglas (III) – the third vessel in the line's history to bear the name – was a packet steamer which entered service with the London and South Western Railway in 1889 under the name Dora until she was purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1901 for £13,500.