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Benavon (III) 3/1949 Completed by J.L. Thompson & Sos Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 658) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leit...
31/12/2016

Benavon (III)
3/1949 Completed by J.L. Thompson & Sos Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 658) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.
8,072 grt
4,450 net
11,270 dwt
483 x 60 x 30'
Turbines (3) 6,800 shp by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co. Ltd., Wallsend. 16 knots.
6/1/1970 Sold to Safety Shipping Co., Panama and renamed "LIZIANA".
8/11/1971 Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Shieh Sheng Fat Steel & Iron Co. Ltd.

Benavon (I) 9/1905 Completed by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland (Yard No.199) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.3,996 grt2,5...
07/04/2016

Benavon (I)
9/1905 Completed by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland (Yard No.199) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.
3,996 grt
2,549 net
378 x 46 x 18'
Triple expansion 1,750 ihp by J. Dickinson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland.
30/9/1917 Beat off U-boat attack in the Atlantic.
2/1930 Sold to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, converted into a crab cannery and renamed "PIATIY KRABOLOV" (FIFTH CRABBERY).
1936 Renamed "ANASTAS MIKOYAN".
1959 Deleted from Lloyds Register. Assumed no longer in service.

Benavon (II) 6/1930 Completed by Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow (Yard No. 834) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.5,872 grt...
07/04/2016

Benavon (II)
6/1930 Completed by Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow (Yard No. 834) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.
5,872 grt
3,723 net
425 x 56 x 29'
Triple expansion, 2,600 ihp by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd., Greenock. 12 knots.
11/9/1940 Sunk by gunfire of the German raider "KANDELFELS" (also known as "PINGUIN", "Schiff 33" or "Raider F" in the Indian Ocean in position 25.20 S, 52.17 E, while on passage from Penang to the United Kingdom via the Cape, 23 of her crew being lost.

A. Thomson, Master. J. Cameron, !st Officer. J. Robertson, 2nd Officer. J. Milne, 3rd Officer. C. H. Clarke, 1st Radio Officer.
J. Johnson, 3rd Engineer. J. Cherry, 4th Engineer.
K. R. Taylor, Cadet.
P. G. Holman, Carpenter.
A. E. Hall, A.B. J. Gottwall A.B. W. Cooper, A.B. M. Slater, Sailor. P. G. Nicolson, Sailor.
Yu Lai Sang, No.1 Fireman. Chau At Wo, Storekeeper. Chu Chiu Ting, Fireman. Chau Chiu Fong, Fireman. Ho Wai Choi, Fireman. Yu Ah Pong, Fireman. Chan Choy Lau, Firemen's Cook.
Chau Kwong, Painter. Lau Kwok, Painter.

Benrinnes (I)7/1914 Completed by Bartram & Sons Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 233) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.4,798...
22/02/2016

Benrinnes (I)
7/1914 Completed by Bartram & Sons Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 233) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.
4,798 grt
3,071 net
405 x 52 x 27'
Triple expansion 2,150 ihp by North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Sunderland. 12.5 knots.
2/10/1918 Two torpedoes fired at her in the North Atlantic, but both missed.
12/1937 Sold to Westcliff Shipping Co. Ltd., London and renamed THORPENESS.
21/6/1938 Sank 1 mile off Valencia after an air attack during the Spanish Civil War, while on passage from Marseilles to Valencia with a cargo of wheat.

She was the last clipper bowed vessel built for the Ben Line.

Benrinnes (II) as Minocher Cowasjee3/1921 Completed by Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd., West Hartlepool (Yard ...
22/02/2016

Benrinnes (II) as Minocher Cowasjee
3/1921 Completed by Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd., West Hartlepool (Yard N0. 586) for Neptune Steam Nav. Co. Ltd., (Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., managers) as Parisiana.
5,415 grt
2,862 net
420 x 55 x28 feet
Turbines (3) 3,250 ihp by Westgarth & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool. 12 knots.
1922 Renamed London Exchange, same owners.
1934 Transferred to Johnstone Warren Lines Ltd., same managers, name unchanged.
11/1938 Acquires by Ben Line and renamed Benrinnes.
12/1949 Sold to East & West S.S. Co., Pakistan and renamed Fatakada.
1955 Renamed Minocher Cowasjee, same owners.
21/12/1956 Sailed from Darien for Antwerp.
24/1/1957 Reported in position 25.30 S, 68.00 E, S.E. of Mauritius, but thereafter disappeared.

Benrinnes (III)4/1942 Completed by Todd-California Shipbuilding Corporation, Richmond, California (Yard No. 16) for the ...
22/02/2016

Benrinnes (III)
4/1942 Completed by Todd-California Shipbuilding Corporation, Richmond, California (Yard No. 16) for the Ministry of War Transport (W. H. Cockerline & Co. Ltd., managers) as "OCEAN VOLUNTEER".
7,140 grt
4,231 net
10,322 dwt
442 x 57 x 27'
Triple expansion, 2,500 ihp by General Machinery Corporation, Hamilton, Ohio. 10.5 knots.
1946 Management transferred to Alcyone Shipping Finance Co. Ltd., London.
1949 Sold to Alcyone Shipping Finance Co. Ltd., London and renamed "ALCYONE UNION".
12/1/1950 Acquired by the Ben Line Steamers of Leith and renamed "BENRINNES".
1/1959 Sold to Queensland Shipping Co. Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas (Great Southern Steam Ship Co. Ltd., managers) and renamed "TWIN BEAR".
1962 Renamed "KUALA TRENGGANU", owners unchanged.
1/1963 Arrived at Osaka for breaking up by Amakasu Kisen K.K.

Benrinnes (IV)16/6/1943 Launched by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma as the Auxillary Aircraft Carrier "P...
22/02/2016

Benrinnes (IV)
16/6/1943 Launched by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma as the Auxillary Aircraft Carrier "PERDIDO" for the United States Navy.
8,008 grt
4,752 net
12,546 dwt
492 x 70 x 29'
Turbines (2), 8,500 shp by Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee. 16 knots.23/6/1943 Assigned to Great Britain under "Lend-Lease".
31/1/1944 Taken over by the Royal Navy and renamed H.M.S. "TROUNCER". Fitted out for naval work by Burrard Dry Dock Co., Vancouver who completed work on 15/4/1944.
3/3/1946 Returned to the U.S. Navy.
1947 Sold to Lancashire Shipping Co. Ltd. (Mollers Ltd., managers) Hong Kong, reconstructed as a merchant ship and renamed "GREYSTOKE CASTLE".
1954 Whilst on charter to Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Ltd., was renamed "GALLIC".
9/1957 Acquired by the Ben Line Steamers of Leith, but still on charter, name unchanged.
5/1959 renamed "BENRINNES" on termination of charter.
3/11/1973 Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking-up by Chin Tai Steel Enterprise Co. Ltd.

Benvannoch (II)7/1911 Completed by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle (Yard No. 179) for Duo Ltd., (G. J. M...
18/02/2016

Benvannoch (II)
7/1911 Completed by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle (Yard No. 179) for Duo Ltd., (G. J. Middleton, manager) London as "HORLEY".
4,877 grt
3,119 net
410 x 52 x 28'
Triple expansion, 2,700 ihp by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull.
6/1912 Sold to Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., (Lamport & Holt Ltd., managers)Liverpool and renamed "EUCLID".
2/1931 Acquired by the Ben Line Steamers of Leith and renamed "BENVANNOCH".
10/1935 Sold to Crescent Trade Facilities Ltd., London, name unchanged.
11/193 Sold to Nils E. M. Moller, Shanghai and renamed "MARIE MOLLER" in 1936.
3/1937 Transferred to the Moller Line Ltd., Shanghai.
22/3/1937 Burnt out in Holyhead Bay, North Wales, after explosion and fire while on passage from Vizagapatam to Liverpool.
24/3/1937 Beached but refloated 5/4/1937 and towed to Liverpool.
8/7/1937 Declared a total constructive loss and later towed to Troon for breaking up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co. Ltd.

Benvannoch (III)11/1921 Completed by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd., Glasgow (Yard No. 505) for Frederick Leyland & Co. Lt...
18/02/2016

Benvannoch (III)
11/1921 Completed by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd., Glasgow (Yard No. 505) for Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd., Liverpool as "DAKARIAN".
6,427 grt
4,023 net
400 x 53 x 35'
Quadruple expansion, 3,000 ihp by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. 12 knots.
1933 Sold to Charente Steam Ship Co. Ltd., (T. & J. Harrison, managers) Liverpool, name unchanged.
5/1939 Acquired by the Ben Line Steamers of Leith and renamed "BENVANNOCH".
9/1946 Sold to Bank Line Ltd., (Andrew Weir & Co., later Andrew Weir Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd., managers) Glasgow and renamed "BIRCHBANK".
5/1952 Sold to Kato Sempaku K.K., Japan and renamed "SHUNKEI MARU".
1955 Sold to Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Japan and renamed "INDUS MARU".
1958 Sold to Japanese shipbreakers.
23/11/1958 Demolision began at Sakai.

Benvannoch (VI)10/1952 Completed by Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton (Yard No. 1430) for Ellerman Lines Ltd., (Ellerman...
18/02/2016

Benvannoch (VI)
10/1952 Completed by Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton (Yard No. 1430) for Ellerman Lines Ltd., (Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co. Ltd.) London as "CITY OF WI******ER".
10,954 grt
6,079 net
12,976 dwt
568 x 71 x 30'
Turbines (3), 14,300 shp by Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton. 17.5 knots.
9/1970 Acquired by the Ben Line Steamers of Leith and renamed "BENVANNOCH".
2/7/1975 Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Li Chong Steel Co. Ltd.

Benvannoch (V)6/1944 Completed by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 629) for Silver Line Ltd., (S. & J. T...
18/02/2016

Benvannoch (V)
6/1944 Completed by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 629) for Silver Line Ltd., (S. & J. Thompson Ltd., managers) London as "SILVEROAK".
9,487 grt
5,776 net
11,351 dwt
490 x 64 x 27'
2 x 4 cylinder., 6,800 bhp by Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland. 15 knots.
1955 Whilst on time charter to Port Line Ltd., renamed "PORT STEPHENS".
9/1956 Acquired by the Ben Line Steamers of Leith and renamed "BENVANNOCH".
15/1/1969 Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Chin Ho Fa Steel & Iron Co. Ltd.

Benvannoch (IV)7/1944 Completed by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 2) for the Ministry of War Transp...
18/02/2016

Benvannoch (IV)
7/1944 Completed by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 2) for the Ministry of War Transport (W. J. Tatem Ltd., managers) as "EMPIRE TUDOR".
7,069 grt
4,079 net
10,445 dwt
450 x 56 x 27'
Triple expansion, 2,500 ihp by Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton. 10.5 knots.
1946 Management transferred to Goulandris Bros. Ltd., London.
1948 Sold to Goulandris Bros., London and renamed "GRANDYKE".
1/1950 Acquired by the Ben Line Steamers of Leith and renamed "BENVANNOCH".
2/1956 Sold to Helmville Ltd., London and renamed "MEDINA PRINCESS".
3/8/1962 Ran aground on a reef near Djibouti, but later refloated and moored at Djibouti.
1/9/1964 Broke adrift from her moorings at Djibouti and once more ran ashore, where she remains, part submerged.

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