The SS Ramsey Town was a packet steamer which was initially ordered and operated by the Midland Railway Company under the name Antrim until it was acquired by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928.

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Ramsey Town
History
Name	Ramsey Town TSS Antrim
Owner	1904–1928: Midland Railway Company. 1928-1936: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Operator	1904–1928: Midland Railway Company. 1928-1936: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
Port of registry	Douglas, Isle of Man
Builder	John Brown & Co.
Cost	Not Recorded. Purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for an initial sum of £14,612 in 1928.
Yard number	116015.
Launched	22 March 1904
In service	1904.
Out of service	1936.
Fate	Scrapped April, 1937.
General characteristics
Type	Packet Steamer
Tonnage	1,954 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	330'9"
Beam	42'2"
Depth	17'2"
Installed power	7,870 horsepower.
Speed	21 knots (24 mph)

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Ramsey Town was built at the Clydeside yards of John Brown & Co. in 1904, registered at Belfast and named Antrim. The vessel had a registered tonnage of 1,954 GRT; length 330'9"; beam 42'2"; depth 17'2". Ramsey Town had an operating speed of 21 knots.

The launch of the vessel on 22 March 1904 was a near disaster. On reaching the fairway, the steamer was swept aside by the combined force of wind and tide towards a Cunarder on the adjoining stocks. Several of the uprights at the stern of the Cunarder were knocked down by the Antrim, and disaster was narrowly averted by the assistance of the tugs in attendance. The Antrim sustained no damage beyond having her paint badly scratched^[1]

On entering service with the Midland Railway Company she operated on the Belfast-Heysham service, and was purchased by the Steam Packet from the London Midland and Scottish Railway group of which the Midland Railway had become part, in 1928. The cost of the purchase, including alterations to the vessel, was £14,612 (equivalent to £936,620 in 2021).^[2]

On 6 September 1935 she rescued the flier Alex Henshaw when his aircraft came down in the Irish Sea while competing in the King's Cup air race. Henshaw presented her commanding officer, Captain Archibald Holkham, with a barometer bearing an inscription which acknowledged that his skill and seamanship had probably saved the airman's life.^[3]

Ramsey Town had one of the shortest records of service in the Steam Packet Fleet. She was withdrawn from service in 1936, and eventually scrapped at Preston in 1937.