SS Tynwald (1936)

	RMS Tynwald
History
Isle of Man
Name	Tynwald
Owner	1936–1940: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Operator	Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Port of registry	Douglas, Isle of Man
Ordered	1936
Builder	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
Laid down	1935
Launched	16 December 1936
Completed	1937
In service	1937
Out of service	Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Tynwald, late 1940
Homeport	Douglas, Isle of Man
Identification	Official Number 165281; Code Letters G Z R L; ;
	HMS Tynwald
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tynwald
Commissioned	1 October 1941
Fate	Sunk on 12 November 1942
General characteristics
Type	Passenger steamer
Tonnage	2,375 GRT
Length	314 ft 6 in (95.9 m)
Beam	46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth	18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	Twin-screw geared Parson's turbines; steam pressure of 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa); two sets of single-reduction turbines; 8,500 shp (6,300 kW);
Speed	21.7 knots (25.0 mph)
Capacity	1968 passengers
Crew	68

TSS (RMS) Tynwald No. 165281 was a passenger vessel which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1937 until she was requisitioned for war service at the end of 1940. She was the fourth ship in the line's history to bear the name. Tynwald was sunk in November 1942 off the coast of French North Africa.

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