SS Snaefell (1906)
Snaefell | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | 1906: Viper |
| Namesake | Snaefell |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan. |
| Yard number | 444 |
| Launched | 10 March 1906 |
| Acquired | 22 March 1920 |
| In service | 1906 |
| Out of service | 1945 |
| Identification | UK {official number]] 121331 |
| Fate | Laid up at Port Glasgow 1945, finally scrapped 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | packet steamer |
| Tonnage | 1,713 GRT |
| Length | 315 feet (96 m) |
| Beam | 39 feet 6 inches (12.04 m) |
| Depth | 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbine driven screw-propellers |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,700 passengers |
| Crew | 61 |
SS Snaefell (IV), the fourth ship in the company's history to be so named, was a packet steamer originally owned and operated by G. and J. Burns, who sold her to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1920.