List of ships named City of Benares

Three ships have been named City of Benares, after the former name of Varanasi, a city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, India.

City of Benares (1882), a full rigged sailing ship of 1,652 gross tons. Wrecked at Westkapelle, Walcheren on 1 October 1911
SS City of Benares (1902), a 6,984-gross ton liner of the Ellerman Line; scrapped February 1933.
SS City of Benares (1936), an 11,081-gross ton liner of the Ellerman Line. U-48 torpedoed and sank her on 18 September 1940 while City of Benares was carrying child evacuees.

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