GREYSTOKE CASTLE / HMS TROUNCER / GALLIC / BENRINNES

BUILT IN 1944 FOR THE LANCASHIRE SHIPPING CO LTD. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE BARDIC ( EX MUNSTER CASTLE ).

 SHE HAD ALSO BEEN HMS TROUNCER AND USED AS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER ESCORT VESSEL, AS HAD HER SISTER SHIP BARDIC.

 IN 1953 BEARING THE NAME  'GREYSTOKE CASTLE' SHE WAS  ON CHARTER TO THE PORT LINE.

 A YEAR AFTER THIS CHARTER FINISHED SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION FOR FIVE YEARS AND WAS RE-NAMED 'GALLIC'.

IN 1957 SHE AND HER SISTER SHIP 'BARDIC' ( MUNSTER CASTLE ) WERE SOLD TO THE BEN LINE FOR ABOUT A MILLION POUNDS EACH. BEN LINE TOOK OVER THE REMAINING CHARTER PERIOD, SO SHE WAS STILL TO BE SEEN ON THE N.Z COAST IN SHAW SAVILL & ALBION COLOURS, ONCE THE CHARTER WAS UP SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'BENRINNES' AND PUT ONTO THE BEN LINE FAR EASTERN RUN.