Five ships have been named City of Benares, after the former name of Varanasi, a city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- City of Benares (1853), a three-masted sailing ship of 751 net register tons. Burnt-out at Calcutta, 28 January 1865[1]
- City of Benares (1865), a sailing ship of 1,182 tons. 1881 sold and renamed Ruthin, rigged as barque.[2] Renamed Laugen, 1900. Sank in the Baltic Sea, 10 February 1911.[3]
- City of Benares (1882), a full-rigged sailing ship of 1,652 gross register tons. Wrecked at Westkapelle, Walcheren on 1 October 1911[4]
- SS City of Benares (1902), a 6,984-gross register ton liner of the Ellerman Line; 1914–1918 troopship, scrapped February 1933 (A Titanic survivor, Ruth Becker, sailed aboard her).[2]
- SS City of Benares (1936), an 11,081-gross register ton liner of the Ellerman City Line. U-48 torpedoed and sank her on 17 September 1940 while City of Benares was carrying 90 child evacuees. 258 people died including 81 children.
See also
edit- SS Benares (1858), a P&O steamship. 1,900 tons, 400 horsepower. On Britain to Australia route in 1859. N. J. Skottowe, Esq., Commander.[5] Wrecked on 23 May 1868 in the South China Sea.[6]
References
edit- ^ Allen, Tony (28 January 2014). "SV City Of Benares (+1865)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b "George Smith & Sons / City Line". www.theshipslist.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Allen, Tony (10 February 2014). "SV City Of Benares (1865~1881) Laugen SV (+1911)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Allen, Tony (12 February 2020). "SV City of Benares (III) (+1911)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Ship Advertisements". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales. 19 October 1859. p. 1. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Allen, Tony (8 February 2014). "SS Benares (+1868)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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