Commercial Cable Company
CS Mackay-Bennett
British cable-laying ship, 1884-1922
History
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.
Text: Wikipedia — CS Mackay-Bennett, CC BY-SA 4.0
Follow Our Communities
Ship Facts & Specifications
Tonnage
2,000 GRT
Length
270 ft o/a
Beam
40 ft
Builder
John Elder & Co., Glasgow
Launched
September 1884
In service
1884-1922
Out of service
May 1922
Port of registry
London, England
Propulsion
2 × Compound inverted 2-cylinder engines
Fate
Storage hulk, May 1922; Scrapped, 1965
