SS Ellan Vannin

The Ellan Vannin in the port of Ramsey ( undated)

  • Mona's Isle II

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The Ellan Vannin was an iron steamship of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Ellan Vannin is the name of the Isle of Man Manx. From the stack it expired on April 10, 1860 with the name Mona's Isle. Used it was mainly as a combined passenger and cargo ship, which also carried mail, between the Isle of Man and Liverpool. The ship sank on 3 December 1909 storm in the Irish Sea. Here 36 people (35 other sources) were killed.

History

The ship in the shipyard death and MacGregor was built at Meadowside in Glasgow as a paddle steamer with double-sided drive. The price of the steamboat at that time amounted to 10,673 pounds Sterling. When passing a tonnage of 339 long tons was specified for the ship. The vessel length was 63.09 meters. The steam engine gave her a speed of 12 knots. In 1883 the ship extensive restructuring in the shipyard Westray, Copeland and Co. has undergone in Barrow-in -Furness. The outdated side paddle wheels were removed and the ship was given a two- screw propulsion. On November 16, 1883 was renamed Ellan Vannin. After the renovation and re-measure the Ellan Vannin 375 long tons and a speed of up to 12.5 knots indicated. The modernized ship was now up to 300 passengers, of which transport 50 in first class and had a crew of 14 people. At the time of her loss was the Ellan Vannin one of the smallest and oldest ships in the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Despite their small size and age, it was considered a seaworthy ship and so defied many a storm in the Irish Sea, which caused other ships to proceed to a protective harbor.

The Downfall

On the morning of December 3, 1909 Ellan Vannin which left the port Ramsey shortly after midnight to 01.13 clock bound for Liverpool. There were 15 passengers, 21 crew members, as well as postal and 60 tons of cargo on board. This charge included sheep, pigs and vegetables. The ship was led by Captain James Teare of Douglas, a skipper with 18 years of experience. During the departure from Ramsey, the weather was calm, and although the barometer indicated falling air pressure, the captain did not expect any serious deterioration in weather conditions. Against 06.35 clock, with the achievement of the Mersey Bar, the weather conditions had deteriorated unexpectedly dramatic. The wind reached force 11 and the waves have a height of more than six meters. A leak was suspected, as the ship took water. It fell between the Mersey Bar and the ton of Q 1 before the control channel of the Mersey over the stern. All the entire passengers and crew perished. After the downfall of her masts sticking up above the water surface. Divers examined the wreck of the ship found out that the davits were swung out with the lifeboats already for launching. A committee of inquiry found that the captain of the sinking of the ship and the loss of human life no blame could be awarded. The cause of the disaster was only the extreme and unpredictable weather conditions. Shortly after the disaster began working the Mersey Docks to dismantle the wreck. Because it is a danger to navigation, it was blown up into small parts. In January 1910, the corpse of Captain Teare was washed up on the beach of Ainsdale near Southport. His remains were transferred to the Isle of Man. There he was buried. 1910, a disaster fund was established to provide for the bereaved families of the deceased. The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company provided for each £ 1,000 are available.

Trivia

1976 became the ship accident awareness through a BBC documentary in which the band The Spinners Ellan Vannin the song by Hugh E. Jones recited. Since the disaster, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Ellan Vannin never forgive the name as a ship's name again, even though the company had a tradition to reuse old ship names.

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