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Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BENHOPE (1962-1972 General cargo liner 497 feet long 15 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

BENHOPE left Penang (Malaya) for Malacca (Malaya)
Sailing forMalacca (Malaya)Port of RegistryLeith
Sailed from berthPenang (Malaya)Net Tonnage6,195
Gross Tonnage9,952
Deadweght Tonnage11,660

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 she arrived for breaking up by Jui Fa Steel & Iron Works Co. Ltd. Shipbreakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

NOTE : Just for interest ... Kaohsiung in Taiwan is pronounced as COO-SHUNG.