page_title: TSS Manxman (1955)
section_title: Preservation campaign
hierarchical_section_title: TSS Manxman (1955) / Decline and scrapping / Preservation campaign
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Manxman at Pallion Engineering, Sunderland. This is the former Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessel Manxman which was photographed from inside the yard of Pallion Engineering (with permission). Although there are plans for her preservation, she is not in good condition. She was scrapped in 2012.
context_page_description: Turbine Steam Ship Manxman was a passenger ferry launched from the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, on 8 February 1955. She was the final vessel in a class of six similar ships, the Six Sisters, ordered by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and was the second of the Company's ships to carry this name. She was withdrawn from service in 1982. Following a failed preservation attempt, the ship was broken up at Sunderland in 2012.
context_section_description: A preservation group, The Manxman Steamship Company was formed with the aim of securing the historic ship, the last of her line, and the last remaining classic British passenger turbine steamer. She was also the last surviving passenger ship constructed by Cammell Laird. A charity cruise on board the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's Lady of Mann took place to raise funds for the Manxman. Several celebrities supported the Manxman Steamship Company, including Paul O'Grady, Tom O'Connor and Ken Dodd.
  The ship continued to deteriorate, including from theft of components and a fire which seriously damaged much of the interior woodwork. The preservation campaign was ultimately unsuccessful. It was announced in March 2010 that Manxman was to be dismantled in Pallion shipyard. By January 2011, the ship was being decommissioned and dismantled by G O'Brien & Sons, a specialist heavy industrial and marine demolition company. The dismantling took place in a large dry dock in the Pallion shipyard, Sunderland. The ship was finally broken up for scrap in 2012.
caption: Manxman at Pallion Engineering, Sunderland
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