| Name: | BENWELL TOWER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/06/1927 |
| Completed: | 07/1927 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 545 |
| Dimensions: | 4414grt, 2697nrt, 401.0 x 53.2 x 25.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 426nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149438 |
| History: | |
| 07/1927 | W Milburn & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1929 | Milburn Line Ltd (W Milburn & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
| 1937 | “Nivose” Soc di Nav (A Scinicariello), Naples; renamed GAETA |
| 1940 | Angelo Scinicariello, Naples |
| 1952 | Lauro & Montella, Naples; renamed SAGITTA |
| 05/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 06/1940: Put into Huelva, Spain with a cargo of scrap iron bound for Italy |
| 10/1943: In Allied service to the end of the war | |
| 05/1961: Broken up at Vado Ligure by ARDEM |
Above photo as BENWELL TOWER courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as BENWELL TOWER courtesy of Photoship