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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
BENCRUACHAN
160652
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1928
03/04/1928
09/1928
Vessel type
Vessel description
Cargo General
Steel Screw Steamer
Builder
Yard
Yard no
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow
Scotstoun
413
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
5920 grt / 3750 nrt /
429 ft
54 ft
30 ft
Engine builder
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow
Engine detail
Q4cyl (24.75, 35.5, 51, 73 x 51in), 675nhp
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Petrograd Steamers Ltd. - Wm. Thomson & Co., Leith
Leith
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1941
Mined 05/07/1941
Disposal Detail
Mined off Mex High Light off Alexandria while outward from Barry, wreck demolished in 1950.
BENCRUACHAN
Image courtesy of : City of Vancouver Archives - Walter Frost
BENCRUACHAN
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BENCRUACHAN
Image courtesy of : Joe Mcmillan Collection
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