Name Ben-my-Chree Port of registry Isle of Man Launched 6 May 1875 | Operator 1875-1906 IoMSPCo. Cost £38,000 Length 95 m | |
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Builder Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow-in-Furness | ||
SS (RMS) Ben-my-Chree (II), No. 67288, was an iron paddle-steamer which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and was the second vessel in the Company to bear the name.
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Dimensions
Ben-my-Chree had an original tonnage of 1030, but this was increased to 1192 after a refit.
Length 310 ft 9 in (94.7 m); beam 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m); depth 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m); speed 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph); indicated horse power 2,300 shp (1,700 kW).
Ben-my-Chree was launched at Barrow-in-Furness on Sunday, 6 May 1875.
She was fitted with two oscillating two-cylinder engines of 65 inches diameter, with a 90 inch stroke.
Service life
Built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow-in-Furness in 1875, Ben-my-Chree was the largest ship built for the Company to that date.
Originally designed with a service speed of 14 knots, it was subsequently found that Ben-my-Chree operated two knots below this speed, despite modifications to her boilers.
Reboilered in 1884, she was altered to carry four funnels, in pairs fore and aft of the paddle-boxes. This made her the only four funnelled vessel in the history of the line.
Disposal
After an uneventful career of 31 years, Ben-my-Chree was sold for scrap and broken up by Thos W Ward at Morecambe, in 1906.