Benwyvis
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Benwyvis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.920 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - C. Connell & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Ben Line Steamers (William Thomson & Co), Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Mar, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Georg Schewe) | ||
| Position | 20N, 26W - Grid DT 7653 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 55 (34 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-68 | ||
| Route | Rangoon - Durban - Freetown (13 Mar) - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 3500 tons of rice, 500 tons of lead, 1100 tons of timber and 150 tons of wolfram | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.46 hours on 21 Mar, 1941, U-105 attacked the convoy SL-68 north of the Cape Verde Islands and sank the Clan Ogilvy and Benwyvis. The master, 32 crew members and one gunner from the Benwyvis (Master Henry John Small) were lost. 17 crew members and three gunners were picked up by the King Edgar and landed at Freetown. One crew member was rescued after 28 days in an open boat by a French ship and landed at Madagascar. | ||
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