Built by Vickers, Sons, and Maxim at Barrow In Furness in 1908. With a gross tonnage of 2,550 on dimensions 389 ft. (o.a.) x 46 ft. x 18 ft. 6 in. she had four decks-promenade, shelter, main and lower. She was sunk by a Turkish battery in February 1917, off the island of Castellorizo in Asia Minor. Some years later she was refloated but she was not worth refitting for further service. Her function during the First World War had been that of a seaplane carrier in the Eastern Mediterranean. Sea-planes from the Ben - my - Chree located and were instrumental in the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg.
British Sailors Society label. Sea Breezes 7/54
Ben-my-Chree (III) 1908
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Ben My Chree III (Packed Steamer) 1908
Ben-my-Chree (Manx: "Woman of My Heart") was a packet steamer and a Royal Navy (RN) seaplane carrier of the First World War. She was originally built in 1907 by Vickers for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and was intended for use on the Liverpool to Douglas route. She was the third vessel to bear her name. To this day Ben-my-Chree holds the crossing speed record from Liverpool to Douglas for a steamship at under three hours.
She was chartered by the RN at the beginning of 1915 and participated in several abortive attacks on Germany in May. The ship was transferred to the Dardanelles in June to support the Gallipoli Campaign. One of her aircraft made the first ship-launched aerial torpedo attack on a ship in August. After Gallipoli was evacuated at the end of the year, Ben-my-Chree became flagship of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron that operated in the Eastern Mediterranean performing reconnaissance missions and attacking Turkish facilities and troops. She was sunk by Turkish artillery while anchored at the recently occupied island of Kastellorizo in early 1917, five members of her crew being injured. The ship was salvaged in 1920 and broken up in 1923. Ben-my-Chree also holds the distinction of being the only aviation vessel of either side to be sunk by enemy action during the war.
See also topic: “Ben-my-Chree HMS (1908)”
Isle of Man 2000, S.G.?, Scott: 881.
Source: Wikipedia.
Ben-my-Chree (Manx: "Woman of My Heart") was a packet steamer and a Royal Navy (RN) seaplane carrier of the First World War. She was originally built in 1907 by Vickers for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and was intended for use on the Liverpool to Douglas route. She was the third vessel to bear her name. To this day Ben-my-Chree holds the crossing speed record from Liverpool to Douglas for a steamship at under three hours.
She was chartered by the RN at the beginning of 1915 and participated in several abortive attacks on Germany in May. The ship was transferred to the Dardanelles in June to support the Gallipoli Campaign. One of her aircraft made the first ship-launched aerial torpedo attack on a ship in August. After Gallipoli was evacuated at the end of the year, Ben-my-Chree became flagship of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron that operated in the Eastern Mediterranean performing reconnaissance missions and attacking Turkish facilities and troops. She was sunk by Turkish artillery while anchored at the recently occupied island of Kastellorizo in early 1917, five members of her crew being injured. The ship was salvaged in 1920 and broken up in 1923. Ben-my-Chree also holds the distinction of being the only aviation vessel of either side to be sunk by enemy action during the war.
See also topic: “Ben-my-Chree HMS (1908)”
Isle of Man 2000, S.G.?, Scott: 881.
Source: Wikipedia.
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