 She was chartered by the RN at the beginning of 1915 and participated in several abortive attacks on Germany in May . The ship was transferred to the Dardanelles in June to support the Gallipoli Campaign . One of her aircraft made the first ship @-@ launched aerial torpedo attack on a ship in August . After Gallipoli was evacuated at the end of the year , Ben @-@ my @-@ Chree became flagship of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron that operated in the Eastern Mediterranean , performing reconnaissance missions and attacking Turkish facilities and troops . She was sunk by Turkish artillery while anchored at the recently occupied island of Kastellorizo in early 1917 , five members of her crew being injured . The ship was salvaged in 1920 and broken up in 1923 . Ben @-@ my @-@ Chree also holds the distinction of being the only aviation vessel of either side to be sunk by enemy action during the war . 
