FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | EMPIRE REGENT |
| Type | Cargo (Standard Fast Cargo Liner class) |
| Yard Number | 355 |
| Launched | 17/07/1943 |
| Completed | 11/1943 |
| Off. Number | 164865 |
| Engine builder | Richardson Westgarth & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool |
| Engine type | 2 steam turbines |
| GRT | 9904 |
| Length (feet) | 475.5 |
| Beam (feet) | 64.4 |
| First owner | Ministry of War Transport (Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd.), Middlesbrough |
| History | 1945 Mgr. became Rio Cape Line Ltd. (Furness, Withy & Co.) |
| 1946 BLACK PRINCE, Rio Cape Line Ltd. (Furness, Withy & Co.), London | |
| 1949 ZEALANDIC, on charter to Shaw, Savill & Albion | |
| 1952 BEAVERLODGE, Canadian Pacific Railway Co., London | |
| 1960 BENHIANT, E. G. Thomson (Shipping) Ltd. (Wm. Thomson & Co.), Leith | |
| 1970 VENUS, Witty Cia. Nav. S.A., Famagusta | |
| Fate | 14/07/1971 arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking. |
Photo from Harold Appleyard
EMPIRE REGENT as BLACK PRINCE
EMPIRE REGENT as ZEALANDIC
EMPIRE REGENT as BEAVERLODGE
EMPIRE REGENT as BENHIANT
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