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BENNEVIS - IMO 5041487

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Photographer:
Malcolm Cranfield [ View profile ]
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Bennevis
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Jan 19, 2019
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BENNEVIS, a modified C3-S-A1 type launched at Tacoma on 8th November 1943 as U.S.S. WILLAPA (designated ACV-53, later CVE-53), is seen passing Brunsbüttel on 21st June 1969 outbound from Hamburg during a voyage from Grangemouth to Bangkok.

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https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/053.htm

She was outfitted by Burrards at Vancouver as a transport carrier but refitted in the U.K. and delivered to the Royal Navy on 5th February 1944 as the Escort Aircaft Carrier H.M.S.PUNCHER, then converted to a cargo ship in 1948

EX- MUNCASTER CASTLE - 54 BARDIC - 59

BENNEVIS finally arrived at Kaohsiung on 11.6.73 for breaking.

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General cargo ships built 1940-1949 (Over 3000gt) - 8 photos

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