SS Fenella (1936)

Fenella at Douglas, Isle of Man
History
Isle of Man
Name	Fenella
Owner	Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Port of registry	Douglas, Isle of Man
Route	Douglas-Liverpool, Douglas-Fleetwood
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Cost	£203,550
Launched	16 December 1936
Maiden voyage	1937
Homeport	Douglas, Isle of Man
Identification	Official Number 145310 Code Letters G Z N Y
Fate	Sunk at Dunkirk, 29 May 1940
General characteristics
Type	Passenger steamer
Tonnage	2,375.53 GRT
Length	314 ft 6 in (95.9 m)
Beam	46 ft (14.0 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Ice class	N/A
Installed power	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	Twin-screw geared Parson's turbines, working at a steam pressure of 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa), driving two sets of single-reduction turbines, developing 8,500 shp (6,300 kW).
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity	1968 passengers
Crew	68

TSS (RMS) Fenella (II) No. 145310 was a pre-Second World War passenger steamer built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness in 1936, for service with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. She was sunk by air attack during the evacuation of Dunkirk in May 1940.

Fenella's sister ship Tynwald was also lost during the war.