Service Life (Isle of Man Steam Packet Company)
Of eleven Steam Packet ships either purchased or chartered by the Admiralty during the Great War, only four returned to service with the company after the cessation of hostilities, and consequently, new ships were going to be needed to handle the resumption of peacetime traffic. However, industry as a whole was in a disorganised and seriously run-down state after the challenges of the war years, and new vessels could not possibly be built in time for the tourist influx of 1919.
The company compromised, and starting with the purchase of the Mona (II), they set about redressing their wartime losses.
Manxman was purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from the Admiralty in March 1920, and she was the first vessel in the line's history to be so named. She was no stranger to the Isle of Man and it was unnecessary to change her name. She was converted to an oil burner in 1921, and was the first company ship to use oil fuel. Manxman operated to every one of the numerous ports then served by the Steam Packet. Known as a reliable ship, she enjoyed a trouble free life until she once again found herself at war.
Read more about this topic: TSS Manxman (1904)
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