SS Snaefell (1876)
SS (RMS) Snaefell (II) No. 67289 – the second vessel in the line's history to be so named – was an iron paddle steamer which was owned and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Construction & dimensions Snaefell was built at the yards of Cairn & Co., Glasgow, in 1876. Her builders also supplied her engines and boilers and she was launched on Thursday 27 April 1876. Her purchase cost was £28,250; she had a registered tonnage of ; length 251'3"; beam 29'3"; depth 14'1". Snaefell's engines developed and gave her a service speed of . In 1885, Snaefell received new boilers at a cost of £8,512 (equivalent to £ in ). They were produced by Fawcett, Preston & Company of Liverpool and installed by Jones & Sons Ltd. In 1895, she was fitted with electric lighting. The cost of the installation was £425 (equivalent to £ in ). Service life A smaller vessel then her immediate predecessors, but judged successful none-the-less, Snaefell served the many ports to which the Company then operated. On 13 September 1876, Snaefell collided with the barque Lily of Devon, which was anchored in the River Mersey. The barque sustained moderate damage,