Talk:SS City of Benares

I could be wrong but I seem to recollect seeing a TV documentary which described the aftermath of this sinking. My recollection is that one of the lifeboats of SS Benares was never rescued at all: instead the sailors on board sailed her all the way back to the UK and saved their passengers themselves through their own courage and initiative. Perhaps someone with more authorative knowledge can throw light on the accuracy or inaccuracy of this?Cleckheaton (talk) 11:20, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * All Benares lifeboats were rescued. The boat that sailed to Ireland was from SS Marina. 12.150.63.211 (talk) 22:46, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Number of children

 * 1) Patrica Allen (12) of Liverpool @80
 * 2) Robert Baker (12) of Southall @34
 * 3) Kathleen Beatrice Barrett (12) of Southall @35
 * 4) Edna Doreen Beesley (10) of London @23
 * 5) Phyllis Eileen Beesley (12) of London @24
 * 6) Vera Ellen D. Beesley (13) of London @25
 * 7) Michael John Brooker (10) of Bromley @79
 * 8) Enid Evelyn Butlin (13) of Hillingdon @21
 * 9) James Reginald Came (13) of Cardiff @69
 * 10) Lewis Victor Came (11) of Cardiff @70
 * 11) Alan John Capel (5) of Hanworth #62
 * 12) Beryl Irene Carr (8) of Southall @28
 * 13) Derek Stanley Carr (10) of Southall @29
 * 14) Michael John Chase (12) of Twickenham @26
 * 15) Sheila Astrid Chase (14) of Twickenham @27
 * 16) George Geoffrey Crawford (14) of Sunderland @57
 * 17) Pauline Mary Crawley (11) of Edgeware @30
 * 18) Sheila Anne Crawley (9) of Edgeware @31
 * 19) Vivian Cynthia Dadds (14) of Twickenham (Cynthia Dadds in Press and Journal) @37
 * 20) Maureen Margaret Dixon (10) of Sunderland @53
 * 21) Barbera Ruth Fairhead (10) of Teddington @36
 * 22) Jean Forster (11) of Bournemouth (Joan Forster aged 10 in Press and Journal) @1
 * 23) Christoper Robin Goodfellow (8) of Wembley @32
 * 24) Derek Charles Goodfellow (13) of Wembley @33
 * 25) Agusta E. Grimmond (13) of Coldharbour Lane, London @9
 * 26) Constance J. Grimmond (9) of Coldharbour Lane, London @7
 * 27) Edward Grimmond (8) of Coldharbour Lane, London @8
 * 28) Leonard A. Grimmond (5) of Coldharbour Lane, London @5
 * 29) Violet C. Grimmond (10) of Colharbour Lane, London @6
 * 30) James Wilfred Harrington (7) of Wembley @63
 * 31) Patricia Doreen Harrington (8) of Wembley @64
 * 32) Bruce John Hillyard (11) of Wembley @81
 * 33) Jeffrey Hillyard (8) of Wembley @82
 * 34) Terence Brian Holmes (10) of Wembley @38
 * 35) Joan Anne Florence Irving (15) of Liverpool @17
 * 36) Joyce Mary Keeley (6) of Brixton @10
 * 37) Derek Leigh (11) of Sunderland @54
 * 38) Margaret Eleanor Lloyd (14) of Cardiff @71
 * 39) Nesta Lloyd (12) of Cardiff @72
 * 40) Audrey Mansfield (8) of Wembley @47
 * 41) Robin Miller (8) of Southall @41
 * 42) Phillip Langford Mollard (6) of Liverpool @20
 * 43) William Robert Moon (10) of North Wembley @40
 * 44) Aileen Sybil Moss (12) of Newport @76
 * 45) Marion Audrey Moss (10) of Newport @77
 * 46) Rita Ann Moss (8) of Newport @83
 * 47) Audrey Muncey (13) of London @22
 * 48) Ailsa Burgess Murphy (10) of Liverpool @14
 * 49) Beryl Myatt (9) of Hillingdon @39
 * 50) Dorothy Sheila Nolan (12) of Southall @43
 * 51) Patricia Nolan (8) of Southall @44
 * 52) John Pemberton (10) of Newport @73
 * 53) Rodger James Poole (11) of newport @78
 * 54) Charles Horace Pugh (12) of Liverpool @13
 * 55) Donald James Pugh (11) of Liverpool @12
 * 56) John Albert Pugh (14) of Liverpool @11
 * 57) Anita Mary Rees (14) of Newport @74
 * 58) William Eric Rees (12) of Newport @75
 * 59) Colenso Mackenzie Rodda (6) of Uxbridge @45
 * 60) Layton George Ryman (9) of Cardiff @68
 * 61) Peter Short (5) of Sunderland @49
 * 62) Edith Smith (13) of Sunderland @55
 * 63) Irene Smith (11) of Sunderland @56
 * 64) Henry Smoolovitch (10) of Wembley @65
 * 65) James Thomas Spencer (5) of Liverpool @15
 * 66) Joan Margaret Spencer (9) of Liverpool @16
 * 67) John Onslow Spencer-Davies (9) of Brixton @3
 * 68) Rosemary Winifred Spencer-Davies (15) of Brixton @4
 * 69) Anthony Ralph Taylor (6) of London @58
 * 70) June Margaret Taylor (9) of London @59
 * 71) Marion Winifred Thorne (7) of Wembley @42
 * 72) Betty Unwin (12) of Liverpool @19
 * 73) Gordon Walsh (10) of Liverpool @18
 * 74) Anne Jordeson Watson (6) of Sunderland @51
 * 75) Thomas William Watson (9) of Sunderland @52
 * 76) Peter John Willis (12) of London (known as Lloyd) @67
 * 77) Dorothy Gertrude Wood (9) of Sunderland @48

Children who died who were not part of the CORB scheme
 * 1) John Lawrence Croasdaile (2) (with mother who died) not in Press and Journal
 * 2) Patrica Joan Croasdaile (9) (with mother who died) not in Press and Journal
 * 3) Dorothy Galliard (15) not in Press and Journal
 * 4) Diana Pine (6) (with family) not in Press and Journal

seven survivors:
 * 1) Rex Ernest Thorne (13)
 * 2) Jack Sidnet Keeley (8)
 * 3) John Baker (7)
 * 4) Louis Bernard Walder (10)
 * 5) Bessie Annie Walder (15)
 * 6) Eleanor Wright (13)
 * 7) Elizabeth Mary Cummings (14)

originally listed as missing but later found after eight days:
 * 1) Derek Alfred Capel (12) of Hanworth @61
 * 2) Henry Francis Clayton (11) of Kenton, Middlesex @66
 * 3) Paul Shearing (12) of Bournemouth @2
 * 4) William Cunningham Short (9) of Sunderland @50
 * 5) Kenneth John Sparks (13) of Wembley @46
 * 6) Henry Broderick Steels (11) of Eastleigh (also "Harry") @60

uboat.net lists 82 children that died MilborneOne (talk) 20:59, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I have added some more names from the Aberdeen Press and Journal, seems some confusion caused by children on the CORB scheme and children of other passengers. MilborneOne (talk) 22:13, 12 July 2013 (UTC)


 * The conclusion is that 82 children died of which 77 were part of the scheme. MilborneOne (talk) 22:41, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Tom Nagorski's book Miracles on the Water includes a 1989 picture of Colin Richardson. I have therefore deleted Richardson from the above list. 12.150.63.211 (talk) 22:40, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Crew numbers
The crew numbers in the info box seem a bit off where does 209 come from? 219 passengers to 209 crew seems a bit far fetched but I'm no expert and can't find it in the sources 67.172.149.45 (talk) 23:34, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks like there are several sources out there confirming 209 crew on the final voyage, eg . Nikkimaria (talk) 03:06, 9 January 2021 (UTC)