CS Mackay-Bennett
CS Mackay-Bennett around 1900 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mackay-Bennett |
| Namesake | John Mackay & Gordon Bennett |
| Operator | Commercial Cable Company |
| Port of registry | London, England |
| Builder | John Elder & Co., Glasgow |
| Launched | September 1884 |
| In service | 1884-1922 |
| Out of service | May 1922 |
| Homeport | Halifax, Nova Scotia / Plymouth, England |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cable ship |
| Tonnage | 2,000 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Depth | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) moulded |
| Propulsion | |
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.