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'''SS Caesarea''' or TSS (RMS) Manx Maid (I) No. 131765 - the first ship in the Company's history to be so named - was a packet steamer which was bought by the [[Isle of Man Steam Packet Co]] from the [[London and South Western Railway|London and Southwestern Railway Co]], and commenced service with the Steam Packet in 1923.
'''SS Caesarea''' was built by [[J. Samuel White and Co]] for the Weymouth-Channel Islands Service. The ship had one class accommodation for 1400 passengers and had the following dimensions:
 
Constructed for the London and Southwestern Railway Company and named Caesarea, the vessel was built by [[Cammell, Laird and Co|Cammell Laird]] at Birkenhead in 1910. Length 284'6"; beam 39'1"; depth 15'8". Caesarea was launched at Birkenhead on Wednesday September 14, 1910.
 
Caesarea was a steel; triple-screw turbine vessel, which had a registered tonnage of 1,504 GRT. Powered by three directly coupled turbines, and producing 6,500 i.h.p., Caesarea's boilers were double-ended circular return type, with a working steam pressure of 160 pounds p.s.i. This gave Caesarea a service speed of 20 knots.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Manx_Maid_(1910) Wikipedia]</ref>


*Overall length: 332ft
*Breadth: 51ft
*Depth to main deck: 18ft 9 inches
*Draught 13ft 6 inches
*Gross tonnage: 4174
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1961.

SS Caesarea was built by J. Samuel White and Co for the Weymouth-Channel Islands Service. The ship had one class accommodation for 1400 passengers and had the following dimensions:

  • Overall length: 332ft
  • Breadth: 51ft
  • Depth to main deck: 18ft 9 inches
  • Draught 13ft 6 inches
  • Gross tonnage: 4174

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