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Name: BENTALA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/05/1889
Completed: 1889
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 151
Dimensions: 2688grt, 1640nrt, 303.0 x 40.2 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 212nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96343
History:
1889 Steam Ship Bentala Co Ltd (J Hoult), Liverpool
1899 Smith Steamship Co Ltd (Glen & Co), Glasgow
1900 Ang A/B Tirfing (A Broström & Son), Gothenburg; renamed ENGLAND
1915 A/S D/S Rødskjaer (Jacobsen & Co), Langesund; renamed RØDSKJAER
1918 The Shipping Controller (H Doughty & Co), London
1919 A/S D/S Rødskjaer (Jacobsen & Co), Langesund
1928 A/B Karlshamns Skeppsvarf (Joel Nilsson), Karlshamn; renamed RÖDSKÄR
1929 Joel Nilsson & Partners (John Carlbom), Karlshamn
1930 Rederi A/B Naparima (C Lundqvist), Stockholm
1932 Rederi A/B Rodskar (Gustaf B Thorden), Helsingfors
1936 ER Management Co Ltd, Cardiff
Q2/1936 Broken up
Comments: Q2/1936: Broken up at Gateshead by JJ King & Co
1936: Purchased for use under the Scrap & Build scheme


Marine Engineer, June 1889

Above photo as ENGLAND copyright of Edvard Larssons

Above photo as ENGLAND copyright of Robert Bomans

Above photo as RODSKAR copyright of Robert Bomans