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- CS_Mackay-Bennett length "82296.0".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett abstract "CS Mackay-Bennett was a cable repair ship registered in London, England, owned by the Commercial Cable Company. The men who served aboard her pronounced the name "Macky-Bennett." She had a long career fixing undersea cables in the North Atlantic. Although mainly based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, she was also often used for operations on the European side of the Atlantic. Her European home port was Plymouth, England.In addition to carrying out numerous difficult cable repairs, many during times of wartime danger, Mackay-Bennett performed many rescues. Typical was the rescue of the crew of the sinking schooner Caledonia on February 12, 1912. However, Mackay-Bennett became famous when, in April 1912, she was contracted by the White Star Line to carry out the difficult task of recovering the bodies left floating in the North Atlantic after the Titanic disaster. Mackay-Bennett found the majority of the recovered bodies of Titanic victims, retrieving 306 of the 328 bodies that were found from the 1,517 who perished aboard Titanic. These bodies included that of John Jacob Astor IV, the richest man aboard, Isidor Straus, owner of Macy's Department Store and architect Edward Austin Kent. As the first of four ships to search for Titanic victims, Mackay-Bennett found so many bodies that embalming supplies ran out and her captain, Frederick H. Larnder was forced to bury 116 bodies at sea.The Canadian author Thomas Raddall worked as wireless operator aboard Mackay-Bennett and based some short stories on his experiences aboard.The Mackay-Bennett was retired in May 1922 to the waters of Plymouth Harbour to be used as a storage hulk. During The Blitz on England, she was sunk during a German attack, but later refloated. She was finally scrapped in 1963.".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett builder Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett builder Glasgow.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett homeport England.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett homeport Halifax_(former_city).
- CS_Mackay-Bennett homeport Plymouth.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett length "82.296".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett operator Commercial_Cable_Company.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipBeam "12.192".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett status "Scrapped, 1963".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett status "Storage hulk, May 1922".
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- CS_Mackay-Bennett type Cable_layer.
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- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipBuilder Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipBuilder Glasgow.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipDepth "moulded".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipFate "Scrapped, 1963".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipFate "Storage hulk, May 1922".
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- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipHomeport England.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipHomeport Halifax_(former_city).
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipHomeport Plymouth.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipInService "1884".
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- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipName "Mackay-Bennett".
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipNamesake James_Gordon_Bennett,_Jr..
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipNamesake John_William_Mackay.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipOperator Commercial_Cable_Company.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett shipOutOfService "May 1922".
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- CS_Mackay-Bennett subject Category:Clyde-built_ships.
- CS_Mackay-Bennett subject Category:RMS_Titanic.
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- CS_Mackay-Bennett comment "CS Mackay-Bennett was a cable repair ship registered in London, England, owned by the Commercial Cable Company. The men who served aboard her pronounced the name "Macky-Bennett." She had a long career fixing undersea cables in the North Atlantic. Although mainly based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, she was also often used for operations on the European side of the Atlantic.".
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