Tynwald IV
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:47 pm
This 20p stamp shows the Isle of Man steamer Tynwald leaving Dunkirk for Dover. She is passing the sunken wreck of the Company's King Orry, which had been lost during the operation.
The Tynwald (2,376 gross tons) was built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and joined the Steam Packet fleet in June 1937. With her sister ship Fenella she was intended for the winter service on the Liverpool-Douglas route. Requisitioned as a personnel carrier in September 1939 she served on English Channel routes with her peace-time crew.
Her first trip to Dunkirk was on May 28, 1940, and her last on June 4. She was the last ship to leave Dunkirk and had a total of 8,953 troops during the operation.
Taken over by the Royal Navy at the end of 1940, the Tynwald became an auxiliary anti-aircraft ship, being commissioned as H.M.S. Tynwald on October 1, 1941. A year on convoy escort followed, then in November 1942 she formed part of the naval force supporting Operation Torch, the North Africa landings. After the attack on Algiers the Tynwald was sent to Bougie on November 11. She sank after being torpedoed the next day with the loss of 24 members of her crew.SG208
The Tynwald (2,376 gross tons) was built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and joined the Steam Packet fleet in June 1937. With her sister ship Fenella she was intended for the winter service on the Liverpool-Douglas route. Requisitioned as a personnel carrier in September 1939 she served on English Channel routes with her peace-time crew.
Her first trip to Dunkirk was on May 28, 1940, and her last on June 4. She was the last ship to leave Dunkirk and had a total of 8,953 troops during the operation.
Taken over by the Royal Navy at the end of 1940, the Tynwald became an auxiliary anti-aircraft ship, being commissioned as H.M.S. Tynwald on October 1, 1941. A year on convoy escort followed, then in November 1942 she formed part of the naval force supporting Operation Torch, the North Africa landings. After the attack on Algiers the Tynwald was sent to Bougie on November 11. She sank after being torpedoed the next day with the loss of 24 members of her crew.SG208