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Bencleuch (V)

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Registry #1 141302 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1919 War Convoy Name 6
Name 2 1921 Willdomino Name 7
Name 3 1922 Bencleuch (V) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1919 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 250' x 43.5' x 25.5'
Builder J. Coughlan & Sons Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 5562 Type 1 Freighter, (standard WW1)
Registered Tonnage 5150 Type 2
Engine 2 steam turbine engines Engine Manufacture Halliday Machinery Co., Spokane WA
Repower In 1922 she was re-engined with a triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine built by J.G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock UK Propulsion In 1922 she was re-engined
Rebuilds Call Sign TPCS
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1919 she was owned by the Convoy S.S. Co. Ltd. Halifax NS Canada. In 1922 her ownership reverted to Board of Trade. In 1922 she was owned by Ben Line Steamers Ltd. (W. Thomson & Co., mgrs.). In 1922 registered as Leith UK.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1941-00-00
 
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Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 caught fire (possibly due to sabotage) SE of Cape Farewell and sank.
 
References
Somner, Graeme. 1980 (Ben Line Fleet List and Short History) World Ship Society, Kendall UK; British Standard Ships of World War One; Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927; Lloyd's Register of Shipping Vol.2 (Appendix) 1927-28; Sawyer, L.A. & W.H. Mitchell (1968)
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