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} in ). |Ship yard number=926 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=November 1926 |Ship launched=5 April 1927 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage=29 June 1927 |Ship in service=July 1927 |Ship out of service=13 September 1965 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Douglas |Ship identification= *Official Number 145304 *Code Letters G N D B * *〔Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Fred Henry) p.64〕 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname=''The Ben'' |Ship fate=Sold to Van Heyghen Freres of Antwerp. Taken under tow by tug ''Fairplay XI'' from Birkenhead Saturday 18 December 1965. Arrived at Bruges 23 December; for breaking. |Ship status=Scrapped |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} |} TSS (RMS) ''Ben-my-Chree'' (IV) 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'' had a displacement of 2,586 GRT; length 355 feet; beam 46 feet; depth 18'6"; speed 22.5–24.5 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 burner, she was fitted with two single-reduction geared turbines by Parson's developing a total shaft horsepower of , with her working boiler pressure at 220 p.s.i. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Ben-my-Chree (1927)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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