SS Empress Queen
Empress Queen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Isle of Man | |
| Name | Empress Queen |
| Namesake | Queen Victoria |
| Owner | IOMSPCo |
| Operator | IOMSPCo |
| Port of registry | Douglas |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Cost | £130,000 |
| Yard number | 392 |
| Launched | 4 March 1897 |
| In service | 1897 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Struck rocks off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, 1 February 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,140 GRT, 914 NRT |
| Length | 360.1 ft (109.8 m) |
| Beam | 42.3 ft (12.9 m) |
| Depth | 17.0 ft (5.2 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW), 1,290 NHP |
| Propulsion | 3-cylinder compound engines |
| Speed | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,994 passengers |
| Crew | 95 |
SS Empress Queen was a steel-hulled paddle steamer, the last of her type ordered by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. The Admiralty chartered her in 1915 as a troop ship a role in which she saw service until she ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England in 1916 and was subsequently abandoned.