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Name: BENGUELA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/01/1910
Completed: 07/1910
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 789
Dimensions: 5520grt, 3534nrt, 425.5 x 53.0 x 29.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 54ins), 556nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131366
History:
05/08/1910 Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd, Liverpool
1911 Imperial Direct Line Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), Liverpool
09/1933 Broken up
Comments: 20/06/1933: Sailed from the Tyne to Italy to be broken up
09/1933: Broken up at Bari


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