 She was ordered in 1907 by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and was built at the Vickers shipyard in Barrow @-@ in @-@ Furness at a cost of GB £ 112 @,@ 000 . The ship was launched on 23 March 1908 and completed on 8 August . Ben @-@ my @-@ Chree was normally laid up , because of her expense , except for the three busiest months of the year when she had a full complement of passengers . 
