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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
BENVENUE
148265
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1927
14/06/1927
07/1927
Vessel type
Vessel description
Cargo General
Steel Screw Steamer
Builder
Yard
Yard no
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow
Scotstoun
407
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
5946 grt / 3750 nrt /
429.0 ft
53.9 ft
30.0 ft
Engine builder
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow
Engine detail
Q4cyl (24.75, 35.5, 51, 73 x 51in), 675nhp, 1 screw
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Ben Line Steamers Ltd. - W. Thomson & Co., Leith
Leith
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1941
Torpedoed 15/05/1941
Disposal Detail
Torpedoed by U.105 in 04.27N - 18.25W, 500 miles SW of Freetown on passage Newcastle for Bombay and Karachi.
BENVENUE
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BENVENUE
Image courtesy of : City of Vancouver Archives - Walter Frost
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