Ben-my-Chree after refit, berthed alongside the Imperial Hotel, Douglas
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History | |
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Isle of Man | |
Owner | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
Port of registry | Douglas |
Builder | Barrow Shipbuilding Company |
Cost | £38,000 |
Launched | 6 May 1875 |
In service | 1875–1906 |
Identification | No. 67288[1] |
Fate | Scrapped in 1906 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Packet steamer |
Tonnage | 1,020–1,192 GRT |
Length | 310 ft (94 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Depth | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Installed power | 2,300 shp (1,700 kW) |
Propulsion | Paddle wheels |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
SS Ben-my-Chree was an iron paddle-steamer of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and was the second vessel of the company to bear the name.