EMPIRE REGENT / BLACK PRINCE / ZEALANDIC / BEAVERLODGE / BENHIANT / VENUS

BUILT AND LAUNCHED IN 1943 FOR THE MOWT ( MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT )  AS THE 'EMPIRE REGENT'. IN 1946 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPE RIO LINE, AND MANAGED BY FURNESS WITHY AND  WAS RE-NAMED THE 'BLACK PRINCE'.IN 1949 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LINE AND RE-NAMED 'ZEALANDIC'. SHE WAS SOLD TO CP SHIPS IN 1952 AND RE-NAMED 'BEAVERLODGE'. SOLD AGAIN IN 1960 TO THOMPSON BROTHERS ( BEN LINE ) AND RE-NAMED 'BENHIANT'. ( I SERVED TWICE ON THOMPSON BROTHER'S 'BENHIANT', BUT IT WAS A LATER VESSEL THAN THIS ONE ) SHE WAS SOLD YET AGAIN IN 1970 AND RE-NAMED 'VENUS'. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN KOAHSIUNG IN 1971. THE LOWER PICTURE SHOWS HER AS CP'S BEAVERLODGE.