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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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