SS (RMS) Douglas (II) No. 45470 – the second vessel in the line's history to be so named – was an iron-built paddle steamer operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
Douglas was the second of three ships ordered for the company from the yards of Caird & Co. of Greenock, and was launched on 11 May 1864.
Dimensions Built at Greenock, Douglas cost £24,869. She had a registered tonnage of ; length 227 ft; beam 26 ft; depth 14 ft.
Douglas had a service speed of ,Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry, 1973) p.64 with an indicated horse power listed as 1400, and a boiler pressure of . She had one funnel forward and one aft of the paddle boxes, with the main mast close to the after funnel.
Service life Douglas and her two sisters, and , were all considered to be fast vessels. Indeed, Snaefell is documented as being able to perform the run from Douglas to Liverpool in 4 hours 20 minutes, which would suggest a speed of slightly in excess of .
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Douglas was considered a successful ship, and was reboilered in 1869 at a cost of £4,000.
Disposal After an uneventful career with the company, Douglas, along with her sister Tynwald, were disposed of by auction in 1888. The two ships together realised the sum of £24,622.
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