Snaefell: The Snaefell III was built as a steam ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., Ltd., Douglas, Isle of Man by Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead. Launched 12 February 1910, first sea trial conducted on 25 July, and completed the following August. She was 1,368 Grt., 282 feet in length, 41.6 feet in beam, and fully loaded, 12 feet in draught. The ship was divided by 7 watertight bulkheads extending up to the main deck and was double-bottomed for carrying water during the ferry's summer season operations. Propulsion Machinery consisted of twin screws driven by 4-cylinder triple expansion engines with a working pressure of 195 PSI with Weir "Uniflux" condensers fed by 4 single-ended forced draft boilers (closed stokehold system). The engines used a steam/hydraulic system of Brown design for quick-reversing and were balanced using the Yarrow-Schick-Tweedy system in order to reduce vibration.                                                                             Postcard of the Snaefell from the IOMSPCO   The Snaefell pulling into Douglas The Snaefell was chartered by the British Government 23 November 1914 and modified at Cammel Laird for military use by the addition of two 12-pounder guns (3-inch bore) and one 2-pounder quick firing AA gun She sailed from Birkenhead 18 December 1914 with a crew compliment of 105 hands. While in military service she provided Channel security, escort duties, landed troops at Galipoli, patolling the Bulgarian coast, took part in the evacuation of Galipoli, and after modificationsin order to carry troops, sailed from Salonica to Alexandria. While in Alexandria, a fire onboard destroyed most of the upper middle decks of the ship on 04 May 1918. Repairs took a month and the ship sailed from Alexandria for Malta on 31 May 1918 escorted by a sloop and two armed trawlers. On the evening of 03 June 1918 the Snaefell was struck amidships in the boiler space by a torpedo fired from the German submarine UB105 (Wilhelm Marschall) 240 mile East-Southeast of Malta. The ship remained afloat for approximately an hour before sinking, allowing time for the crew to transfer to one of the accompanying trawlers. Two and a half days later the crew was safely landed at Malta. Three lives lost. References: Miramar Single Ship Report for "1118606" http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5615.html http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/mf1923/p51.htm    (Ship's operational history) http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/mquart/mq09805.htm    (Ship's description and sea trials)