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Bengore Head

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1922 Bengore Head Ulster Steam Ship Co. Ltd.

Fate

In convoy OB-318 on a voyage from Belfast for Montreal with a cargo of coal & binder twine & a crew of 41 she left Liverpool on 7 May 1941 & was torpedoed by U-110 (Fritz-Julius Lemp) & sank in 60.45N/33.02W on 9 May 1941. 16 survivors were picked up by Norwegian Borgfred & 24 by HMS Aubretia. Master - Maurice Kennedy.

One life lost - William John McCabe