| Name: | BENUE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/01/1905 |
| Completed: | 03/1905 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 733 |
| Dimensions: | 3209grt, 1902nrt, 350.0 x 48.4 x 20.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 320nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 120838 |
| 25/03/1905 | Elder, Dempster Shipping Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1911 | Company restyled Elder Line Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1917 | Transferred to African Steamship Co, Liverpool |
| 1930 | Cia Genovese di Nav a Vap, Genova; renamed CAPO PINO |
| 25/06/1937 | Sank |
| Comments: | 25/06/1937: Sank after collision with Spanish ship MAGALLANES off Kilia |
| On voyage from Braila to Napoli with a cargo of wheat |
Above photo as BENUE is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return