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Ben Line Hi there I sailed on Mv Benwyvis from 26th Jan to 11th may 1971 J.O.S. on the coast Mv Benattow from 6th may to 9th sep 1971 S.O.S. Mv Bengloe 15th Jan to16th may 1972 S.O.S. Left sea never went back I miss it.

Can I make a suggestion, I am not Ben Line but ex B&C and have produced a web site on that company (see link below)
I am not suggesting that you go to all that trouble but I found it very useful to open a Facebook page under the company's name and get then to register there.
That way they can exchange info and pics etc etc.
It is completely free and very easy to set up.
Kind regards
Chris

Any ex. Ben Line lads ever sail with a Jock Dunwoodie from Granton, whose father owned a business in Granton running crew boats out of there along with a sail loft on the quayside. He served his time as a deck cadet in Ben Line around 1966 to 1970. I sailed with him later on tankers in C.P. a couple of times. He was 2nd mate and I was 3rd mate. A cracking guy who I think left the sea and took over the business after a family tragedy I believe.
rgds
JA

Hi Mike Mv Benwyvis 26th Jan to 11th Feb J.O.S. 1971] Mv Benattow 6th May to 9th Sep S.O.S. 1971] Mv Bengloe 15th Jan to 16th May S.O.S. 1972 that was my last ship left sea ronniemaben@yahoo.com 46 Kingsmuir Crescent Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 9AB.

I joined Benvalla on her maiden voyage Sept 62 as Jos,did four trips, left Oct 63 to sit my EDH.Benavon Oct 64 to April 65.I ended up in Aus in74 and spent 32 years on Aussie ships, best move i ever made.
Doug Mitchell

I sailed as Engineer with the Ben in the early sixties. I was on the Benalder, Bendoran and the Bencruachan.
Fast to the Far East !

Mike,
I was on the BenMacdhui out of KGV in August (?) 1965 where we sailed to Rotterdam, Le Havre, Palermo, through Suez and Port Said to Malaysia and the surrounding countries where we steamed for 3 months approximately before heading back to Europe and flew home to Glasgow.
First trip and a memorable one and I actually saw the ship itself being scrapped at Cairnryan in the 1980's I think it was.
Regards,
David Nicholson

#95... Douglas was it the ANL you sailed with out here, think I am right the Australian national line, if so did you ever come across a Dave Siggers, would probably have been Ch. Steward or catering officer whatever the title was then. Cheers John S

[QUOTE=ronniemaben;180487]Hi Mike Mv Benwyvis 26th Jan to 11th Feb J.O.S. 1971] Mv Benattow 6th May to 9th Sep S.O.S. 1971] Mv Bengloe 15th Jan to 16th May S.O.S. 1972 that was my last ship left sea ronniemaben@yahoo.com

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My dad sailed with Ben Line in the late 60's to early 70's. His name is DAVID BELL and was serving on the following ships on the the following dates:-

BENVRACKIE 07/07/67 - 24/12/68
BENEDIN 16/04/69 - 20/11/70
BENSTAC 08/02/71 - 05/03/71
BENRIOCH 19/03/71 - 26/04/71
BENRINNES 08/02/72 - 28/03/72
BENVALLA 06/04/72 - 19/07/72
BENCAIRN 27/03/73 - 06/08/73

Thank you for reading. I will be pleased to hear from some of his old crew mates.

Dan