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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
BENARTY |
148256 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1926 |
26/11/1925 |
01/1926 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo Liner
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Scotstoun |
405 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
5800 grt / 3684 nrt / |
420.0 ft |
54.0 ft |
30.0 ft |
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Engine builder |
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
1-screw, Q4cyl (24.75, 35.5, 51, 78 x 51in), 598nhp, 12.5 knots |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Ben Line Steamers Ltd. - W. Thomson & Co., Leith |
Leith |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
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Vessel history |
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Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1940 |
Scuttled 10/09/1940 |
Disposal Detail |
Captured by German raider GOLDENFELS (ATLANTIS) in the Indian Ocean in 18.40S - 70.54E and sunk by time bombs, she was on passage Rangoon for Durban and U.K. ports. |
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Benarty - Old Ship Picture Galleries
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Benarty - Old Ship Picture Galleries
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