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Name: BENIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/04/1907
Completed: 05/1907
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 785
Dimensions: 4313grt, 2809nrt, 375.2 x 47.3 x 18.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 396nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124067
History:
05/1907 Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd, Liverpool
1911 Imperial Direct Line Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd, Liverpool
1929 IC Pateras & Co, Syra; renamed HARALAMPOS P
08/1932 Broken up
Comments: 26/08/1932: Arrived at Bilbao for breaking up


Above photo as BENIN is courtesy of Richard Cox