Construction and Dimensions
Manxman was built at the yards of Vickers Sons and Maxim at Barrow-in-Furness and her keel was laid in 1903. She was a steel; triple-screw turbine vessel, which had an original tonnage of 2030 GRT; length 330 feet; beam 43 feet; depth 18 feet. Her engines produced a boiler pressure of 200 pounds p.s.i. and generated 10,000 indicated horsepower. This gave Manxman a service speed of 22 knots.
Manxman was certificated to carry 2,020 passengers and had a crew complement of 80.
Read more about this topic: TSS Manxman (1904)
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