Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Sunday, July 23, 1972 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENHOPE (1962-1972 General cargo liner 497 feet long 15 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

Ben Line's BENHOPE (formerly Anchor Line's EGIDIA) arrives at Shipbreakers in Kaosiung, Taiwan
Ship's locationShipbreakers at Kaosiung, TaiwanPort of RegistryLeith
Net Tonnage6,195
Gross Tonnage9,952
Deadweght Tonnage11,660

Courtesy of Robin Short DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only She was completed in 1945 at Lithgow's Shipyard at Port Glasgow, as EGIDIA for Anchor Line of Glasgow. In 1962 she was sold to William Thomson's Ben Line and renamed BENHOPE. Her end came in 1972 when BENHOPE arrived for breaking up by Jui Fa Steel & Iron Works Co. Ltd. Shipbreakers at Kaosiung, Taiwan