Requisitioned and managed ships correspondence files

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 199/3/8/1/1
• Dates of Creation:1939-1947
• Physical Description:
  56 files.

• Scope and Content

  • Liner requisition scheme correspondence with Ministry of War Transport, 1940-1941;
  • Management and repair of Ministry of War Transport vessels, 1943-1946;
  • Ammla, 1943-1945;
  • Ammla discharge, 1944-1947;
  • Benalbanach I, 1940-1943;
  • Benalbanach I, 1943;
  • Benalder IV, 1942-1943;
  • Benalder IV, 1943-1946;
  • Benalder IV savings in running costs, 1943-1946;
  • Benarty III and Benavon II, 1940-1941;
  • Bencleuch V, 1940-1941;
  • Bencleuch V, 1941-1942;
  • Bencruachan I, 1940-1942;
  • Bendoran II, 1940-1944;
  • Bendoran II, 1944;
  • Bengloe III, 1940-1944;
  • Bengloe III, 1944-1946;
  • Benlawers III, 1940;
  • Benlawers III, 1940-1941;
  • Benlawers III, 1944-1946;
  • Benledi IV, 1940-1946;
  • Benlomond IV, 1940-1942;
  • Benlomond IV, 1942-1943;
  • Benmacdhui II, 1940-1941;
  • Benmohr IV, 1941-1943;
  • Benmohr IV, 1942;
  • Bennevis I, 1940-1946;
  • Bennevis I, 1942-1946;
  • Benreoch I, 1940-1947;
  • Benrinnes II, 1940-1947;
  • Benvannoch III, 1940-1946;
  • Benvannoch III hire claim correspondence, 1943-1944;
  • Benvenue III, 1939-1941;
  • Benvenue III, 1941-1943;
  • Benvorlich II, 1940-1941;
  • Benvorlich II, 1941;
  • Benvrackie III, 1940-1941;
  • Benvrackie III, 1941-1943;
  • Benwyvis I, 1940;
  • Empire Dee, 1945;
  • Empire MacAlpine, 1943-1946;
  • Empire MacKendrick, 1946;
  • Empire Protector, 1941;
  • Fort Babine, 1942-1943;
  • Fort Louisbourg, 1942-1946;
  • Fort Qu'Appelle, 1941-1943;
  • Fort Qu'Appelle, 1942;
  • Ocean Valentine, 1941-1942;
  • Ocean Valentine, 1945-1946;
  • Samaffric, 1943-1944;
  • Samaffric re-delivery papers, 1946;
  • Samdauntless, 1944-1946;
  • Sammont, 1945-1947;
  • Samvern, 1943;
  • Samvern, 1944-1945;
  • Samvern shipwreck file, 1945.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Correspondence relating to the War service of requisitioned Ben Line ships and ships managed for the British Government by Ben Line. 2 files relate to the liner requisition scheme and general management and repair of ships across the fleet, and the rest relate specifically to individual ships as named on each file cover.

• Arrangement

  Arranged alphabetically by ship name within record series.