Victoria entering Douglas Harbour
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History | |
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Name | Victoria |
Owner |
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Port of registry | 1907-1928: London 1928-1957: Douglas, Isle of Man |
Builder | Wm Denny & Co. Dumbarton |
Cost | Purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for an initial sum of £25,000 in 1928 |
Yard number | 789 |
Launched | 27 February 1907 |
Maiden voyage | 28 April 1907 |
Out of service | 1957 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped at Barrow 1957 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Packet Steamer. |
Tonnage | 1,641 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 311 ft (94.79 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 1 in (12.22 m) |
Depth | 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) |
Installed power | 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) |
Propulsion | Twin-geared turbines. Working at 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) producing 22 knots (25 mph) |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,536 passengers |
Crew | 41 |
SS (RMS) Victoria was a packet steamer originally owned and operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company, who sold her to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 for the sum of £25,000 (equivalent to £1,902,608 in 2023).