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'''SS ''Bengore Head''''' can refer to one of the following ships:

* ''Bengore Head I'' was built in 1881 and was sold while fitting out to [[Hamburg America Line]] and renamed ''Bohemia''.<ref name="auto">book "HEAD LINE - G.Heyn & Sons Ltd. by W.J. Harvey</ref>
* ''Bengore Head II'' was built in 1883 and was sold while fitting out to Hamburg America Line and renamed ''Moravia''.<ref name="auto"/>
* SS ''Bengore Head III'' launched 1884 was a merchant ship that collided with the [[battleship]]s {{HMS|Vengeance|1899|6}} and {{HMS|Revenge|1892|6}} on 13 June 1908 in [[Portsmouth]], on the south coast of [[England]].<ref name=Pears>Pears, Randolph. British Battleships 1892-1957: The Great Days of the Fleets. G. Cave Associates, 1979. {{ISBN|978-0-906223-14-7}}.</ref> The collision was discussed in Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1908/jul/01/accidents-in-portsmouth-harbour|date=1 July 1908|title=ACCIDENTS IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR. (Hansard, 1 July 1908)|website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]}}</ref>
* On 20 June 1917 ''Bengore Head IV'' was torpedoed and sunk on her way from [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] to London, UK.<ref name="auto"/>
* SS ''Bengore Head IV'' was launched by Irvine's Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. in West Hartlepool in 1922. <ref name="auto"/> The engine was built by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co. in Middlesbrough. On 9 May 1941 ''Bengore Head IV'' was torpedoed and lost. One crew member, William John McCabe was lost, the other crew members were rescued by the Norwegian merchant ship ''Borgfred'' and  HMS ''Aubrietia''. At the time of loss she was owned by Ulster Steamship Co. - G. Heyn & Sons Ltd of the Head Line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4714.html|title=HMS Aubretia (K 96)  of the Royal Navy - British Corvette of the Flower class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-20Cor-Flower-Aubretia.htm|title=HMS Aubretia, RN corvette, WW2|website=www.naval-history.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30838|title=wrecksite.eu, Begore Head]|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/borgfred.html|title=D/S Borgfred - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945|website=www.warsailors.com}}</ref> 
* ''Bengore Head V'' was launched in 1944 in Germany, originally named ''Kalliope'' which was seized by the Allied Authorities in 1945 and renamed ''[[Empire Garrison]]''. In 1947 she was purchased by the Ulster Steamship Co. Ltd. and renamed ''Bengore Head'' (V). In 1967 the ship was sold to Greece and renamed ''Aghios Nectarios''. In 1972 sold to Cyprus and scrapped in 1974.<ref name="auto"/>

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