SS Queen Victoria (1887)

Queen Victoria
History
Name	Queen Victoria
Owner	1887–1888: Isle of Man, Liverpool and Manchester Steamship Company. 1888-1915: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. 1915-1920: Admiralty.
Operator	1887–1888: Isle of Man, Liverpool and Manchester Steamship Company. 1888-1915: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. 1915-1920: Admiralty.
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 Prince of Wales for £155,000 in 1888.
Way number	93379
Launched	29 March 1887
Completed	1887
In service	1887
Out of service	1915
Identification	Official Number 93379 Code Letters P K C S [1]
Fate	Sold to the Admiralty together with her sister, Prince of Wales, 1915. Scrapped in the Netherlands, 1920.
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)
Ice class	N/A
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	21 knots (24 mph) as service speed. (recorded at 22.5 knots during her delivery run)
Capacity	1546 passengers.
Crew	69.

PS (RMS) Queen Victoria No. 93379 was a steel built paddle steamer which was purchased together with her sister PS Prince of Wales, 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.