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Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Cost | Purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company together with her sister Queen Victoria for £155,000 |
Way number | 93381 |
Launched | 14 April 1887 |
Completed | 1887 |
Acquired | 1888 |
In service | 1888 |
Out of service | 1915 |
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Fate | Sold to the Admiralty together with her sister, Queen Victoria, 1915. Scrapped at Scheveningen, the Netherlands, 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Paddle Steamer |
Tonnage | 1,568 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 330 feet (100 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 1 in (11.9 m) |
Depth | 15 ft 2 in (4.6 m) |
Installed power | 6,500 shp (4,800 kW) |
Propulsion | Two compound steam engines, working at 110 pounds per square inch (760 kPa) developing 6,500 shp (4,800 kW) |
Speed | 24.25 knots (27.91 mph) |
Capacity | 1546 passengers |
Crew | 69 |
PS (RMS) Prince of Wales No. 93381 was a steel built paddle steamer which was purchased together with her sister PS Queen Victoria, by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from the Isle of Man, Liverpool and Manchester Steamship Company in 1888 - referred to as The Manx Line.