News EventThursday, June 1, 1950 @ 1000ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate |
BENAVON (1949-1970 General cargo ship 483 feet overall of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
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Ben Line's BENAVON (1949-1970) |
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Ben Line's general cargo ship BENAVON (1949-1970) was built by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. yard number 658, in Sunderland, England in 1949. 8,079 gross tons, 11,270 deadweight tons, 483 feet overall X 60 feet X 37 feet and powered by three Parsons turbines giving a service speed of 16 knots and had accommodation for four passengers. In January 1970 she was sold to Safety Shipping Company S. A., Panama / V, K. Edie Hsu, Hong Kong and renamed LIZIANA. On 8th November 1971 she arrived at Shieh Sheng Fat Steel Company at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping. |
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