SS ''Ben-my-Chree'' was an iron paddle-steamer of the

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and was the second vessel of the company to bear the name.

Description

''Ben-my-Chree'' was built by the

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and launched at

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on 6 May 1875. She had an original tonnage of , but this was increased to after a refit. She had a length of , beam-length of , and a depth of . With a top speed of at , and fitted with two oscillating two-cylinder engines with a diameter and stroke. It was subsequently found that she operated two knots below her recorded top 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 line's history. After an uneventful 31-year career, ''Ben-my-Chree'' was sold for scrap and broken up at

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, in 1906.

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