CS Mackay-Bennett

The Cable Ship Mackay-Bennett was a transatlantic cable-laying and cable-repair ship registered at Lloyd's of London as a Glasgow vessel but owned by the American Commercial Cable Company. She is notable for being the ship that recovered the majority of the bodies after the sinking of the Titanic.

CS Mackay-Bennett around 1900
History
United Kingdom
NameMackay-Bennett
NamesakeJohn Mackay & Gordon Bennett
OperatorCommercial Cable Company
Port of registryLondon, England
BuilderJohn Elder & Co., Glasgow
LaunchedSeptember 1884
In service1884-1922
Out of serviceMay 1922
HomeportHalifax, Nova Scotia / Plymouth, England
Fate
  • Storage hulk, May 1922
  • Scrapped, 1965
General characteristics
TypeCable ship
Tonnage2,000 gross register tons (GRT)
Length
  • 270 ft (82 m) o/a
  • 250 ft (76 m) p/p
Beam40 ft (12 m)
Depth24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) moulded
Propulsion
  • 2 × Compound inverted 2-cylinder engines
  • 2 × Cylindrical single-ended multi-tubular boilers
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