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"CITY OF BENARES" -
Built: Barclay Curle, Glasgow; 1936. 11,081 grt, 7,758 net Single screw, geared turbines, 15 knots (17kts max), coal fired. Passengers; 219 in one class. Crew; 180. Employed on Liverpool - Bombay service Ellerman City Line Ltd.
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Built: Barclay Curle, Glasgow; 1936. 11,081 grt, 7,758 net Single screw, geared turbines, 15 knots (17kts max), coal fired. Passengers; 219 in one class. Crew; 180. Employed on Liverpool - Bombay service Ellerman City Line Ltd.
- 17th September 1940 sunk by torpedo from German submarine U 48.
- Passage: Liverpool to Canada with 191 passengers including 90 children & 10 escorts
- Convoy: 19 ship, 8 knot convoy. City of Benares was Commodore Ship
- Crew: 209
- Convoy Staff 6
- Casualties: 121 crew, 51 passengers, 77 children and six escorts lost..
- Armament: .
- Confidential Books: .
- Degaussing: .
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