MANXMAN (I) 1904
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:51 pm
The Isle of Man issued in 2011 a set of stamps depicting cats on the 165 pence stamp in de background is depict the ferry MANXMAN (I), the Isle of Man Post office gives by this stamp:
“Manxie” leaves for Hollywood and printed in the Isle of Man Examiner of 1933.
Fine send-off from Liverpool. What he told the Press: If “Manxie” the pure-bred Manx cat, which is now on its way to Hollywood to begin his film career, was a human ‘star’ he could scarcely have had a better send-off than he experienced last Saturday when he left Liverpool for New York. “Manxie” left Douglas, Isle of Man at 08.30 a.m. that day on the MANXMAN and when taken on board the Cunard liner FRANCONIA he found a crowd Press representatives – reporters and photographers – waiting for him. He was accompanied on to the liner by Mr. T.R.Radcliffe, M.H.K.
After all the interviewing and photographing was over, the cat was placed in the charge of the ship’s butchers for the ocean journey and no doubt the butcher and ‘Manxie’ will be great palls before New York is reached.
‘Manxie’ had a very interesting tale to relate. This is what he told the Press: I am ‘Manxie’- Manx to the backbone, and I am proud of it, because it carries the distinction of having no tail. How my ancestors came to be minus their caudal appendages I have no idea, and I suppose it will remain a mystery. This however is my tale. I was born 14 months ago on land which belonged to the late Sir Hall Caine. I like to be fed twice a day – at about 8 o’clock in the morning and 4 o’clock in the afternoon. I am not faddy in the matter of food but I have been reared on boiled milk, raw meat and fish without stint. I have a good, healthy appetite. I am preceding four of my family to the Far West by a week. They are immigrating to Montreal. It will probably take my a little while to get accustomed to my new surroundings, but the prospect of meeting Mickey Mouse tickles me to death!’ as we stated last week, ‘Manxie’ has been enrolled on the staff of Mr. Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse. When the latest aspirant to film fame reaches New York he will be the guest of honour at a reception arranged by the United Artistes’ Corporation, and afterwards, he will be placed on the train for his long journey across the American continent.
The MANXMAN (I)
Built as a passenger ship under yard No 315 by Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness for the Midland Railway Co., Douglas, Isle of Man.
15 June 1904 launched as the MANXMAN.
Tonnage 2,174 gross, dim. 334.0 x 43.1 x 17.3ft.
Powered by 3 Parsons steam engines, 10,000 ihp, speed 21 knots.
Certificated for 2,020 passengers and 80 crew.
September 1904 delivered to owners.
Used in the service between Heysham to Douglas.
January 1915 sold to the British Admiralty and converted in a seaplane carrier by the Chatham Dockyard, the conversion included 2 aircraft hangars and flying-of-deck.
Armament: 2 – 4 inch, 1 – 6 pdrs.
17 April 1916 commissioned as HMS MANXMAN. First based at Rosyth until October 1917, then based in the Mediterranean.
24 September 1919 decommissioned.
12 February 1920 sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Douglas. Not renamed.
1921 Converted from coal to an oil burner.
10 September 1939 arrived in Southampton from Liverpool, where after she was used as a troop transport to Cherbourg, till 26 November when she came in collision with a naval tender.
Then she took part in the Dunkirk evacuation from 28 May and the evacuation of NW France until 18 June.
26 October 1941 requisitioned by the Royal Navy and arrived at Penarth on 13 November for fitting out as a Radar Direction Finding ship (RDF).
29 May 1942 commissioned as HMS CADUCEUS, based at Douglas.
11 June under repair in the Mersey for collision damage to her bow.
12 July returned to the Isle of Man, but again she got bow damage when she hit the pier in Douglas on 29 July, and again she went to the Mersey for repair.
15 November was she moved to Lamlash, Arran.
In the night of 5/6 February 1941 during a gale she was driven ashore, where she remained aground till 8 February.
March 1944 based at Belfast but in the autumn of that year was she laid up as unserviceable.
23 January 1945 paid off.
Refitted in a troopship, renamed MANXMAN again and was used to transport troops between Tilbury near London to Oostende (Ostend), Belgium from 15 September.
16 March 1946 transferred to Harwich and made her first voyage the same day to Hook of Holland.
Till 1947 used in the transport of troops and civilian between the U.K. and Belgian and Dutch ports.
09 August 1949 arrived by T.W. Ward at Preston for breaking up.
Isle of Man 2011 165 pence sg?, scott?
Source: Westcoast Steamers by Duckworth & Langmuir. Island Lifeline by Connery Chappel. Short Sea Long War by John de S. Winser. Ships of the Royal Navy by J.J. Colledge Vol 2.
“Manxie” leaves for Hollywood and printed in the Isle of Man Examiner of 1933.
Fine send-off from Liverpool. What he told the Press: If “Manxie” the pure-bred Manx cat, which is now on its way to Hollywood to begin his film career, was a human ‘star’ he could scarcely have had a better send-off than he experienced last Saturday when he left Liverpool for New York. “Manxie” left Douglas, Isle of Man at 08.30 a.m. that day on the MANXMAN and when taken on board the Cunard liner FRANCONIA he found a crowd Press representatives – reporters and photographers – waiting for him. He was accompanied on to the liner by Mr. T.R.Radcliffe, M.H.K.
After all the interviewing and photographing was over, the cat was placed in the charge of the ship’s butchers for the ocean journey and no doubt the butcher and ‘Manxie’ will be great palls before New York is reached.
‘Manxie’ had a very interesting tale to relate. This is what he told the Press: I am ‘Manxie’- Manx to the backbone, and I am proud of it, because it carries the distinction of having no tail. How my ancestors came to be minus their caudal appendages I have no idea, and I suppose it will remain a mystery. This however is my tale. I was born 14 months ago on land which belonged to the late Sir Hall Caine. I like to be fed twice a day – at about 8 o’clock in the morning and 4 o’clock in the afternoon. I am not faddy in the matter of food but I have been reared on boiled milk, raw meat and fish without stint. I have a good, healthy appetite. I am preceding four of my family to the Far West by a week. They are immigrating to Montreal. It will probably take my a little while to get accustomed to my new surroundings, but the prospect of meeting Mickey Mouse tickles me to death!’ as we stated last week, ‘Manxie’ has been enrolled on the staff of Mr. Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse. When the latest aspirant to film fame reaches New York he will be the guest of honour at a reception arranged by the United Artistes’ Corporation, and afterwards, he will be placed on the train for his long journey across the American continent.
The MANXMAN (I)
Built as a passenger ship under yard No 315 by Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness for the Midland Railway Co., Douglas, Isle of Man.
15 June 1904 launched as the MANXMAN.
Tonnage 2,174 gross, dim. 334.0 x 43.1 x 17.3ft.
Powered by 3 Parsons steam engines, 10,000 ihp, speed 21 knots.
Certificated for 2,020 passengers and 80 crew.
September 1904 delivered to owners.
Used in the service between Heysham to Douglas.
January 1915 sold to the British Admiralty and converted in a seaplane carrier by the Chatham Dockyard, the conversion included 2 aircraft hangars and flying-of-deck.
Armament: 2 – 4 inch, 1 – 6 pdrs.
17 April 1916 commissioned as HMS MANXMAN. First based at Rosyth until October 1917, then based in the Mediterranean.
24 September 1919 decommissioned.
12 February 1920 sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Douglas. Not renamed.
1921 Converted from coal to an oil burner.
10 September 1939 arrived in Southampton from Liverpool, where after she was used as a troop transport to Cherbourg, till 26 November when she came in collision with a naval tender.
Then she took part in the Dunkirk evacuation from 28 May and the evacuation of NW France until 18 June.
26 October 1941 requisitioned by the Royal Navy and arrived at Penarth on 13 November for fitting out as a Radar Direction Finding ship (RDF).
29 May 1942 commissioned as HMS CADUCEUS, based at Douglas.
11 June under repair in the Mersey for collision damage to her bow.
12 July returned to the Isle of Man, but again she got bow damage when she hit the pier in Douglas on 29 July, and again she went to the Mersey for repair.
15 November was she moved to Lamlash, Arran.
In the night of 5/6 February 1941 during a gale she was driven ashore, where she remained aground till 8 February.
March 1944 based at Belfast but in the autumn of that year was she laid up as unserviceable.
23 January 1945 paid off.
Refitted in a troopship, renamed MANXMAN again and was used to transport troops between Tilbury near London to Oostende (Ostend), Belgium from 15 September.
16 March 1946 transferred to Harwich and made her first voyage the same day to Hook of Holland.
Till 1947 used in the transport of troops and civilian between the U.K. and Belgian and Dutch ports.
09 August 1949 arrived by T.W. Ward at Preston for breaking up.
Isle of Man 2011 165 pence sg?, scott?
Source: Westcoast Steamers by Duckworth & Langmuir. Island Lifeline by Connery Chappel. Short Sea Long War by John de S. Winser. Ships of the Royal Navy by J.J. Colledge Vol 2.