Benwood
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Benwood
was a cargo steamer built by Craig Tylor Company in
England, and was launched in 1910 for Joseph Huilt &
Company in Liverpool. he changed owners several times
before she ended up sailing for the Norwegian company
Skjelbreds Rederi AS in 1922. After the German invasion of
Denmark and Norway in April 1940, she was taken over by
Nortraship and participated in several Transatlantic
convoys. Under a journey from Key West to Hampton Raods
loaded with phosphate, she collided with the American
tanker Robert C. Tuttle outside Florida 9. April 1942. She
was beached outside Dixie Shoals, but six days later she
slid of the reef and sank. Salvage operations were
launched on the wreck until the early 1950's. and the US
Navy used the shallow wreck as target practice. The
battered remains of her rest today between Dixie Shoals
and French Reef on a depth of 10 to 15 meter.
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| 25°03'08.6"N 80°19'55.8"W ( Source: NOAA ) Last updated: February 2021 |
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