TSS Manxman (1904)

TSS Manxman (1904)

TSS Manxman was a packet steamer which was owned and operated by the Midland Railway before the outbreak of the First World War.

In 1916, she was commissioned by the Royal Navy as HMS Manxman and saw action as a seaplane carrier during the First World War, after which she was acquired by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. On the outbreak of World War II she was again requisitioned as a troop ship, until she was commissioned and her name changed to HMS Caduceus.