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SS Benlomond (1922)

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SS Ben Lomond was a British armed merchantman torpedoed in the South Atlantic by a German U-boat in 1942.

The sole survivor, Poon Lim, spent a record 133 days adrift on a life raft before being rescued.

Other ships named Ben Lomond

References

  1. ^ https://www.navyhistory.org.au/commander-jm-alliston-dso-dsc-us-legion-of-honour-royal-navy/ reads in part Commanding the tank-landing ship HMS Ben Lomond after the war...