Scope and Content

Original file had "fourth American" written on the cover. Managed for British Government 1944-1947 then bought and renamed Benvrackie IV.

  • 2 copies of a Ministry of War Transport Memorandum of Standard Conditions Governing the Transportation of Merchant Navy Personnel from UK to N. America.;
  • correspondence with the Ministry of War Transport, Cunard White Star Limited and Ben Line crew concerning arrangements for Ben Line to provide a captain and crew for a Ministry of War Transport ship assigned to Ben Line for transport of troops to North America;
  • embarkation instructions for crew proceeding to North America;
  • correspondence from British Wireless Marine Service concerning radio operators to be placed on the Ben Line managed ship.