Queen Victoria
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History | |
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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 |
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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.