Benvorlich (1919)

Builder:
Charles Connell & Company Ltd.
Scotstoun, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1919
Launched:
June 11, 1919
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
August 27, 1919
Fate:
Sunk Mar. 19, 1941 by German aircraft.

Location: North Atlantic, 130 miles WNW of Erris Head, Ireland.
(54.47N-13.10N)

19 crewmen killed, 11 survivors.
(Roll of Honour)


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built)
Length:
400' 7"
Engines:
1 triple expansion (a)
Beam:
52' 2"
Boilers:
3 single ended, 180 lbs. pressure
Draft:
28' 6" (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
5,193
HP:
517 NHP
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
12 knots
   
Notes
(a):
By Dunsmore & Jackson Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland.


Owner
As built:
Ben Line Steamers
Leith, Scotland
(William Thomson & Co. Managers)


Masters (information not available)



Ship's History (information not available)



Page published Aug. 12, 2020