SS City of Benares
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! SS City of Benares was a steam passenger ship built for Ellerman Lines by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow in 1936. During the Second World War she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-48 with heavy loss of life. The sinking resulted in the total cancellation of the Children's Overseas Reception Board (CORB) plan to relocate British children abroad. City of Benares was built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow. She was launched on 5 August 1935, and completed in October 1936. She was managed by City Line Ltd on behalf of her owners, Ellerman Lines Ltd.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! SS City of Benares was a steam passenger ship built for Ellerman Lines by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow in 1936. During the Second World War she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-48 with heavy loss of life. The sinking resulted in the total cancellation of the Children's Overseas Reception Board (CORB) plan to relocate British children abroad. City of Benares was built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow. She was launched on 5 August 1935, and completed in October 1936. She was managed by City Line Ltd on behalf of her owners, Ellerman Lines Ltd.