CUZCO / BENATTOW / THURLAND CASTLE

CUZCO WAS BUILT IN 1951 BY BLYTH DRY DOCKS / SHIP BUILDING AT BLYTH. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR JAMES CHAMBERS & CO AND WAS TO BE NAMED 'THURLAND CASTLE', BUT WAS SOLD TO PSNC BEFORE SHE WAS LAUNCHED AND WAS NAMED 'CUZCO' FOR THE PSNC LINE. IN ABOUT 1965 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE  BENLARIG SHIPPING CO ( MANAGED BY THE BEN LINE ) AND RE-NAMED 'BENATTOW'. IN 1977 SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN KAOHSIUNG.