| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Ben-my-Chree |
| Owner: | 1875-1906: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Operator: | 1875-1906: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
| Port of registry: | Isle of Man |
| Builder: | Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Cost: | £38,000 |
| Way number: | 67288 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1875 |
| Out of service: | 1906 |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Morecambe, 1906. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Packet Steamer |
| Tonnage: | 1,020 increased after re-fit to 1,192 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 310' |
| Beam: | 31' |
| Draught: | 13' |
| Installed power: | 2300 horsepower. |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
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.
Ben-my-Chree (II) had an original tonnage of 1030, but this was increased to 1192 after a refit. Length 310'; beam 31'; depth 13'; speed 14 knots; indicated horse power 2300. She was fitted with two oscillating two-cylinder engines of 65 inches diameter, with a 90 inch stroke.
Built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow-in-Furness in 1875, Ben-my-Chree (II) 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.
After an uneventful career of 31 years, Ben-my-Chree was sold for scrap and broken up by T. W. Ward and Company at Morecambe, in 1906.