SS Ben-my-Chree (1927)
TSS Royal Mail Ship, (RMS) ''Ben-my-Chree'' (IV) Official number, No. 145304 – the fourth vessel in the company's history to be so named – was a passenger ferry operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1927 and 1965. ''Ben-my-Chree'' was built in 1927 at the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead. She was the first steamer built after World War I for the Steam Packet Co. Upon the ordering of the vessel by the Steam Packet, a contracted cost of £185,000 was agreed. However, early construction was then held up by the long coal strike of 1926. Steel had to be purchased from Continental sources, and her keel was not laid until November of that year. Dimensions ''Ben-my-Chree'' measured 2,586 Gross Register Tonnage, GRT; length 355 feet; beam 46 feet; depth 18'6"; speed 22.5–24.5 knot (unit), knots. She was certified for a crew complement of 82, and had a passenger capacity of 2,586. The first vessel in the history of the line to be constructed as an oil burn ...
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