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==Service==
==Service==
On 12 August, 1915, {{FCommRN}} [[Charles Humphrey Kingsman Edmonds|Charles H. K. Edmonds]] flew a Short seaplane from ''Ben-my-Chree'' and conducted the first ever torpedo attack from an airplane.


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Squadron Commander|name=Cecil John L'Estrange Malone|nick=Cecil J. L'E. Malone|appt=23 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 401''f''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Squadron Commander|name=Cecil John L'Estrange-Malone|nick=Cecil J. L'Estrage-Malone|appt=23 March, 1915<ref>L'Estrange-Malone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/307.}}  f. 667.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 401''f''}}|end=12 April, 1916<ref>L'Estrange-Malone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/307.}}  f. 667.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Wing Commander|name=Charles Rumney Samson|nick=Charles R. Samson|appt=12 April, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 401''l''}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Wing Commander|name=Charles Rumney Samson|nick=Charles R. Samson|appt=12 April, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 401''l''}}|end=11 January, 1917{{HepperLosses|p. 77}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-04-HMS_Ben-my-Chree.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ben-my-Chree}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ben-my-Chree}}
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Latest revision as of 22:52, 15 November 2021

H.M.S. Ben-my-Chree (1908)
Pendant Number: P.49 (Jan 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Laid down: 1907[3]
Launched: 23 Mar, 1908[4]
Completed: 1908[5]
Requisitioned: 2 Jan, 1915[6]
Commissioned: 2 Jan, 1915[7]
Sunk: 11 Jan, 1917[8]
Fate: by shore batteries

H.M.S. Ben-my-Chree was a steamer requisitioned and converted to a seaplane carrier by the Royal Navy in 1915.

Service

On 12 August, 1915, Flight Commander Charles H. K. Edmonds flew a Short seaplane from Ben-my-Chree and conducted the first ever torpedo attack from an airplane.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 68.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 68.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 68.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 68.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 68.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  9. ↑ L'Estrange-Malone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/307. f. 667.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401f.
  11. ↑ L'Estrange-Malone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/307. f. 667.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401l.
  13. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 77.

Bibliography

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