.JPG) Ramsey Town | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Builder | John Brown & Co. |
| Cost | Not recorded; purchased by theIsle of Man Steam Packet Company for an initial sum of £14,612 in 1928 |
| Yard number | 116015 |
| Launched | 22 March 1904 |
| In service | 1904 |
| Out of service | 1936 |
| Fate | Scrapped April 1937 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Packet Steamer |
| Tonnage | 1,954 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 330 ft 9 in (100.81 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft 2 in (12.85 m) |
| Depth | 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m) |
| Installed power | 7,870 horsepower |
| Speed | 21 knots (24 mph) |
TheSSRamsey Town was apacket steamer which was initially ordered and operated by theMidland Railway Company under the nameAntrim until it was acquired by theIsle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928.
Ramsey Town was built at theClydeside yards ofJohn Brown & Co. in 1904, registered atBelfast and namedAntrim. The vessel had a registered tonnage of 1,954 GRT; length 330'9"; beam 42'2"; depth 17'2".Ramsey Town had an operating speed of 21knots.
The launch of the vessel on 22 March 1904 was a near disaster. On reaching the fairway, the steamer was swept aside by the combined force of wind and tide towards a Cunarder on the adjoining stocks. Several of the uprights at the stern of the Cunarder were knocked down by the Antrim, and disaster was narrowly averted by the assistance of the tugs in attendance. The Antrim sustained no damage beyond having her paint badly scratched[1]
On entering service with theMidland Railway Company she operated on theBelfast-Heysham service, and was purchased by the Steam Packet from theLondon Midland and Scottish Railway group of which the Midland Railway had become part, in 1928. The cost of the purchase, including alterations to the vessel, was £14,612 (equivalent to £1,112,040 in 2023).[2]
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On 6 September 1935 she rescued the flierAlex Henshaw when his aircraft came down in the Irish Sea while competing in the King's Cup air race. Henshaw presented her commanding officer, Captain Archibald Holkham, with a barometer bearing an inscription which acknowledged that his skill and seamanship had probably saved the airman's life.[3]
Ramsey Town had one of the shortest records of service in the Steam Packet Fleet. She was withdrawn from service in 1936, and eventually scrapped atPreston in 1937.
