Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Sunday, July 23, 1972 @ 0800 		EGIDIA ( 1945 - 1962 General cargo liner 496 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's EGIDIA arrives at Shipbreakers in Kaosiung, Taiwan
Ship's locationShipbreakers at Kaosiung, TaiwanPort of RegistryGlasgow

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