Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Page 4: 1940-1960
This page is one of a series of pages devoted to postcards and photographs of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (IOMSPCo). This page covers the post war rebuilding programme of the 1940s and 1950s, prior to the first car ferries.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships on this page ( a complete list is shown on the
IOMSPCo Header Page
). Below the table is a
Fleet List
in chronological order.
Ships on This Page:-
King Orry (4)
(1946-1975)
Manxman (2)
(1955-1982)
Mona's Isle (5)
(1951-1980)
Mona's Queen (4)
(1946-1962)
Fenella (3)
(1951-1973)
Snaefell (5)
(1948-1978)
Tynwald (5)
(1947- )
IOMSPCo Pages:-
IOMSPCo - Header Page
IOMSPCo - Page 1
- 1830-1899
IOMSPCo - Page 2
- 1900-1914
IOMSPCo - Page 3
- 1915-1939
IOMSPCo - Page 4
- 1940-1960
- this page!
IOMSPCo - Page 5
- 1961-1980
IOMSPCo - Page 6
- 1981-2004
Associated Pages:-
L&NWSS - Header Page
- Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company
Ferry Postcards
Cruise Ship Postcards
Ocean Liner Postcards
Simplon Postcards Home Page
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
King Orry (4)
1946
Manxman (2)
1955
Mona's Isle (5)
1951
Mona's Queen (4)
Carina, Fiesta
1946
Snaefell (5)
1948
Tynwald (5)
1947
IOMSPCo Fleet List
King Orry (4) (1946-1975)
Services:- From Douglas (Isle of Man) to Liverpool (all year).
Seasonal services from Douglas to Belfast, Dublin, Ardrossan, Heysham, Llandudno.
Excursions Liverpool-Llandudno.
2490 tons, 345ft long, 2163 passengers.
Complete history of
King Orry (4)
Early official postcard of
King Orry (4)
.
Photographic postcard of
King Orry (4)
at Fleetwood.
Graphic Series postcard of
King Orry (4)
.
Graphic Series postcard of
King Orry (4)
.
Variation on card above without red boot topping.
J.Arthur Dixon postcard (serial SS.6490) of
King Orry
.
Superb modern Ramsey postcard (serial 125) of
King Orry
.
Mona's Queen (4) (1946-1962)
The British steamer
Mona's Queen
was bought by Chandris in 1962, and reappeared the following year as the
Carina
, carrying 220 passengers and 60 cars. In 1964 she was rebuilt again as a full cruise ship carrying 378 passengers, and was renamed
Fiesta
. The
Mona's Queen
was one of six sister ships built by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1946 and 1955. The last of the six sisters, the
Manxman
of 1955 just about survives in a run-down condition as a bar and club.
Fiesta
was laid up in the mid-seventies, and was scrapped in 1981. I have not yet found a postcard of
Carina
, but two variations on a card of
Fiesta
are shown below.
Complete history of
Mona's Queen (4)
Art postcard of
Mona's Queen.
No publisher is identified on this photographic card of
Mona's Queen.
One of a large series of Lilywhite IOMSPCo cards with faked sea.
The same image was also used on cards published by Tuck.
A Tuck version (I.O.M.188) of the photo above with a white border. Lilywhite also issued the card with the border.
Their card is not shown because it looks identical to this (with the same I.O.M.188 serial number) but without the caption
A Tuck Card
in the bottom right corner.
A further version of the photo above.
A Saidman Bros. card (Blackpool) of
Mona's Queen
.
Howorth card H.F.29 of
Mona's Queen
at Fleetwood.
Tynwald (5) (1947- )
Services:- From Douglas (Isle of Man) to Liverpool (all year).
Seasonal services from Douglas to Belfast, Dublin, Ardrossan, Heysham, Llandudno.
Excursions Liverpool-Llandudno.
2490 tons, 345ft long, 2393 passengers.
Complete history of
Tynwald (5)
J.Arthur Dixon postcard (serial SS.6494) of
Mona's Isle.
Superb modern Ramsey postcard (serial 132) of
Tynwald
.
Snaefell (5) (1948-1978)
Services:- From Douglas (Isle of Man) to Liverpool (all year).
Seasonal services from Douglas to Belfast, Dublin, Ardrossan, Heysham, Llandudno.
Excursions Liverpool-Llandudno.
2490 tons, 345ft long, 2340 passengers.
Complete history of
Snaefell (5)
Early official postcard of
Snaefell (5)
.
Postcard of
Snaefell (5)
at Fleetwood.
Graphic Series postcard of
Snaefell (5).
J.Arthur Dixon postcard (serial L6/Sp./PSi 86488) of
Snaefell (5).
Mona's Isle (5) (1951-1980)
Services:- From Douglas (Isle of Man) to Liverpool (all year).
Seasonal services from Douglas to Belfast, Dublin, Ardrossan, Heysham, Llandudno.
Excursions Liverpool-Llandudno.
2490 tons, 345ft long, 2393 passengers.
Complete history of
Mona's Isle (5)
Early official postcard of
Mona's Isle (5)
.
J.Arthur Dixon postcard (serial PSI/86489/GMS) of
Mona's Isle.
Superb modern Ramsey postcard (serial 75) of
Mona's Isle
.
Fenella (3) (1951-1973)