Benvrackie
| Name | Benvrackie | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.434 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Partrick, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Ben Line Steamers (William Thomson & Co), Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 13 May, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Georg Schewe) | ||
| Position | 00.49N, 20.15W - Grid FD 36 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 83 (28 dead and 55 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-312 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | London - Loch Ewe - Capetown - Beira | ||
| Cargo | 5850 tons of general cargo, including silver and aircraft | ||
| History | Built as British Darian for T. & J. Harrison, Liverpool; 1939 sold to Ben Line Steamers (William Thomson & Co), Leith and renamed Benvrackie | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.48 hours on 13 May 1941, the Benvrackie (Master William Edward Rawlings Eyton-Jones), dispersed from convoy OB-312, was torpedoed and sunk by U-105 about 700 miles southwest of Freetown. On 9 May, the ship had picked up 25 survivors from the Lassell, which had been sunk by U-107 (Hessler) on 30 April. 13 crew members and 15 survivors were lost. The master, 40 crew members, four gunners and ten survivors were rescued after 13 days in lifeboats by the British hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire and landed at Freetown. The master, William Edward Rawlings Eyton-Jones, was awarded the Lloyds War Medal for bravery at sea. | ||
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