SS Ben Dearg also known as the Thomas Alexander, Etoile Polaire, Daily Express and the Turcoman.

It was renamed as Ben Dearg in 1936 and was requisitioned as a minesweeper in World War II in 1939 by the British Admiralty.

[4] Both Ben Dearg and the sister vessel Commiles were considered to be obsolete and unsuitable for fishing in the Great Australian Bight by 1951, and were looking for fishing grounds closer to Albany which they could trawl safely.

[5] An attempt was made to sell the vessel by Anglo-Australian Fisheries Limited in February 1954.

[7] The single screw steamer was scuttled on 14 April 1956 off Ben Dearg Beach near Swarbricks Beach, between Herald Point and Islet Point along the coast to the east of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia,[3] very close to the coal hulk Margaret.