Benalder
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| Name | Benalder | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.161 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Ben Line Steamers (William Thomson & Co), Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-161 (Albrecht Achilles) | ||
| Position | 04.19N, 02.44W - Grid EV 7278 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 59 (7 dead and 52 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ST-40 | ||
| Route | Freetown - Takoradi | ||
| Cargo | Military stores | ||
| History | Launched as War Crow, completed in December 1919 as Badagry for British & African SN Co (Elder Dempster & Co), Liverpool. 1920 sold to Imperial Direct Line and 1933 to Tramp Shipping Development Co. 1934 renamed Tower Bridge for Tower SS Co, London. 1935 sold to Ben Line Steamers, Leith and renamed Benalder. 1947 sold to New Dholera SS Co, Bombay and renamed Jaybrahma. 1955 renamed Sigma Trader for Sigma Shipping Co, Hong Kong. 1958 scrapped in Hong Kong. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.47 hours on 8 Nov, 1942, U-161 fired four bow torpedoes at the convoy ST-40 about 60 miles southwest of Takoradi and heard hits after 4 minutes 30 seconds and 4 minutes 55 seconds. The first torpedo sank the West Humhaw and the second damaged the Benalder, which stopped and was then hit from a distance of about 5000 metres by a stern torpedo fired at 00.12 hours. The ship was towed into Takoradi the next day, unloaded and after temporary repairs continued to Capetown, where she was repaired and returned to service in August 1944. | ||
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