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James Gemmell
Royal Navy SS City Of Benares
from:Glasgow, Scotland
My uncle, James Gemmell, was 4th Engineer aboard SS City Of Benares, a British steam passenger ship built for Ellerman Lines by Barclay Curle & Co. of Glasgow 1n 1936. On 17th September 1940 this ship was torpedoed 4 days/600 miles out of Liverpool, heading for Canada. The passengers included 77 children, evacuees from war-torn Britain.

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