Name: | BENYA RIVER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/09/1965 |
Completed: | 11/1965 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 2008 |
Dimensions: | 7444grt, 4320nrt, 9795dwt, 454.4 x 62.8 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, Sulzer type, 2SCSA, 6cyl (680 x 1250mm), 7300bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 316533 |
History: | |
11/1965 | Government of the Republic of Ghana (Black Star Line Ltd), Takoradi |
1977 | Black Star Line Ltd, Takoradi |
1985 | Alice Co Knitting & Garment Ltd, Takoradi; renamed WATER WEALTH |
1985 | Renamed JAH |
1987 | SAB Ofeju, Takoradi; renamed WATER WEALTH |
30/11/1988 | Broken up |
Comments: | 30/11/1988: Arrived at Alang for breaking up by Haryana Steel |
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