Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

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The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (founded as the Mona's Isle Steam Packet Company) is the Isle of Man's main shipping company and operates from the Sea Terminal in Douglas Harbour. The Steam Packet Company is currently owned by the Macquarie Bank.

The current chairman of the Company is Robert Quayle. The Company is based in the Imperial Buildings in Douglas. Mark Woodward is the Company's CEO, and writes a blog on the Steam Packet website.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Previous Vessels
4 Current Fleet
5 Gallery
6 See Also
7 External Links

History

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is the oldest continuously operating shipping company in the world having been founded in 1830. The Packet celebrated it's 175th Anniversary in 2005.

1830-1996 - The Company was owned by shareholders.
1996-2003 - Sea Containers
2003-2005 - Montagu Private Equity.
2005-present - Macquarie Bank

Destinations

The Steam Packet Company currently operates to four ports around the Irish Sea, which are:

Douglas to Belfast (seasonal fastcraft service)
Douglas to Birkenhead (seasonal conventional service)
Douglas to Dublin (seasonal fastcraft service)
Douglas to Heysham (year-round conventional service)
Douglas to Liverpool (seasonal fastcraft service)

Previous Vessels

Isle of Man Steam Packet Ships
Name	Launch Date	Brief Details
Mona’s Isle (1)	30/06/1830	.
Mona (1)	27/07/1832	.
Queen of the Isle	03/05/1834	.
King Orry (1)	10/02/1842	.
Ben-my-Chree (1)	03/05/1845	.
Tynwald (1)	28/04/1846	.
Mona’s Queen (1)	27/11/1852	.
Douglas (1)	28/04/1858	.
Mona’s Isle (2) / Ellan Vannin	10/04/1860	Originally built as an iron paddle steamer in 1860 in Glasgow named Mona's Isle 2, she was renamed Ellan Vannin in 1883 following a conversion to Twin Screw drives. Ellan Vannin sank in Liverpool Bay in 1909 with loss of all lives.
Snaefell (1)	22/06/1863	.
Douglas (2)	11/05/1864	.
King Orry (2)	27/03/1871	.
Ben-my-Chree (2)	06/05/1875	.
Snaefell (2)	27/04/1876	.
Mona (2)	31/05/1878	.
Fenella (1)	09/06/1881	.
Mona’s Isle (3)	16/05/1882	.
Peveril (1)	24/05/1884	.
Mona’s Queen (2)	18/04/1885	.
Prince of Wales	14/04/1887	.
Queen Victoria	29/03/1887	.
Tynwald (3)	11/05/1891	.
Empress Queen	04/03/1897	.
Douglas (3)	02/03/1889	.
Mona (3)	13/04/1889	.
Viking	07/03/1905	.
Ben-my-Chree (3)	24/03/1908	.
Snaefell (3)	12/02/1910	.
Tyrconnel	29/02/1892	.
The Ramsey	09/05/1895	.
Peel Castle	28/02/1894	.
King Orry (3)	11/03/1913	.
Mona (4)	13/04/1907	.
Manxman (1)	15/06/1904	.
Mona’s Isle (4)	11/03/1905
Snaefell (4)	10/03/1906	.
Cushag	12/08/1908	.
Manx Maid (1)	26/05/1910	.
Ben-my-Chree (4)	29/06/1927	.
Victoria	27/02/1907	.
Ramsey Town	22/04/1904	.
Rushen Castle	23/04/1898	.
Peveril (2)	26/04/1929		.
Lady of Mann (1)	28/06/1930	.
Conister (1)	13/09/1921	.
Mona’s Queen (3)	12/04/1934	.
Fenella (2)	16/12/1936	.
Tynwald	16/12/1936	.
King Orry (4)	22/11/1945	.
Mona’s Queen (4)	26/06/1946	.
Tynwald (5)	24/03/1947	.
Snaefell (5)	27/04/1948	.
Mona’s Isle (5)	12/10/1950	.
Fenella (3)	06/08/1951	.
Manxman (2)	08/02/1955	The IOMSPC's last Steamer. Currently in Sunderland dry dock, undergoing bid to be transformed into a Liverpool education centre.
Manx Maid (2)	23/05/1962	.
Peveril (3)	06/12/1963	.
Ramsey	06/11/1964	.
Ben-my-Chree (5)	12/05/1966	.
Mona’s Queen (5)	22/12/1972	.
Conister (2)	Unknown	.
Lady of Mann (2)	04/12/1975
Peveril (4)	1971	The last Freight only ship. Replaced along with the King Orry (5) by Ben-my-Chree (6) combined Freight and Passenger.
Mona’s Isle (6)	14/05/1966	.
Manx Viking	1976	.
Tynwald (6)	24/04/1967	.
King Orry (5)	26/02/1972	.
Belard	1979	.
Super Seacat 2/Viking	1997	Super Seacat 2, renamed Viking in 2008. Replaced in 2009 by Manannan.

Current Fleet

The Steam Packet Company currently has a fleet of three vessels, two fastcraft and a RO-PAX ferry.

Ben-my-Chree: The "Ben", a replacement for Passenger ferry King Orry and freight vessel Peveril entered service in July 1998.
IOMSPC Manannan: The former military vessel known as Incat 050 entered service in May 2009.
Snaefell : The Snaefell is the Company's oldest vessel. She was the first fastcraft to operate for the Company, and has served the Company under three different names.