AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
HMS Ben-my-Chree
The former Isle of Man steamer Ben-my-Chree (Woman of my Heart) was
converted into a seaplane carrier and served in the Aegean during 1915/16.
On 12 August 1915 one of her Short 184s carried out the first successful
aerial torpedo attack when F/Cdr Edmonds sank a Turkish steamer. Eventually
she was destroyed by gunfire in January 1917.
A new book by Ian Burns entitled Ben-my-Chree: Woman of my Heart:
Isle of Man Packet Steamer and Seaplane Carrier documents the ships
which have borne the name Ben-my-Chree (with the bulk devoted to the WWI
seaplane carrier). The profiles seen here were either commissioned for
the book and/or revised based on Ian's information.
Short 184 842
F/Cdr CHK Edmonds
August 1915
Source: Datafile No.85
revised 2008