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
- SS Ben Lomond, a twin-screw steamer on Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand and for some years the oldest vessel on Lloyd's Register.
- HMS Ben Lomond, a tank landing ship of the Royal Navy. [1]
References
- ^ 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...