SS Ellan Vannin (1883) New Brighton with its cover on and its working gear inside. Also washed ashore were parts of the ship's bridge. On Saturday morning "Tynwald" departed Douglas in order to replace the "Fenella" on the Douglas – Liverpool service, with the "Fenella" in turn taking the sailing to Ramsey which should have been undertaken by the "Ellan Vannin". It was five days after the ship went down that the first bodies were recovered. In January 1910, Teare's body was found washed ashore on Ainsdale beach in Southport. It was subsequently returned to the Isle of Man for burial. The Board of
SS Ellan Vannin (1883) "Fenella" in order to undergo her rebuild, on Friday 19 January 1883. Rebuilt in 1883, her size was increased to 375 gross register tons and her speed to . She was renamed (the Manx translation for "Mona's Isle") on 16 November 1883, following her conversion to a propeller-driven ship. "Ellan Vannin" was a twin-screw vessel driven by a two-cylinder compound steam engine made by Westray, Copeland and Co. at Barrow. Her boiler pressure was raised to . She was capable of carrying 300 passengers and normally had a crew of 14. "Ellan Vannin" primarily operated out of Ramsey to Whitehaven,