Benlomond
| Name | Benlomond | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,630 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Ben Line Steamers (William Thomson & Co), Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-172 ( Carl Emmermann) | ||
| Position | 00.30N, 38.45W - Grid FC 1138 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 54 (53 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Said - Capetown - Paramaribo - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Cynthiana, 1922 renamed Hoosac, 1922 renamed London Corporation, 1937 renamed Marionga J. Goulandris, 1938 renamed Benlomond | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.10 hours on 23 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Benlomond (Master John Maul) was torpedoed and sunk by U-172 about 750 miles east of the River Amazon, Brazil. The master, 44 crew members and eight gunners were lost. The sole survivor, the Chinese second mess steward Poom Lim, was rescued after an amazing 133 days in a lifeboat by a Brazilian fishing vessel east of Salinas, Brazil. | ||
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