7,769 grt; 11,429 dwt.
Operator: The Ben Line Steamers Ltd, Edinburgh.
Built 1949 by Charles Connell & Co Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland. Yard no, 459
Propulsion: Two David Rowan steam turbines geared to a single screw shaft and developing 7,500 shp for a speed of 16.5 knots.
BENCLEUCH served her whole career with Ben Line, being broken up in 1972 at Bo’ness, near Edinburgh and her home port of Leith.
Photo: 12/7/1968, outward bound from Rotterdam.