RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | WAR OSTRICH |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 672 |
| Launched | 06/06/1918 |
| Completed | 08/1918 |
| Off. Number | 142609 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 5264 |
| Length (feet) | 400.1 |
| Beam (feet) | 52.4 |
| First owner | The Shipping Controller (Donaldson Bros. Ltd.), London |
| History | 1919 CUTCOMBE, Maritime Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd. (G. C. Gibson), London |
| 1928 BENNEVIS, Ben Line Steamers Ltd. (W. Thomson & Co.), Leith | |
| 09/12/1941 captured by Japanese forces off Hong Kong, outward for Singapore | |
| 1941 GYOKUYO MARU, Japanese Government | |
| Fate | 14/11/1944 torpedoed by USS SPADEFISH in 31.04N 123.56E, east of Shanghai. |
WAR OSTRICH as BENNEVIS, collection Clive Ketley
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