U.S.S WILLAPA / MUNSTER CASTLE /  H.M.S PUNCHER / BARDIC / BENNEVIS

BUILT IN 1944 FOR THE LANCASHIRE SHIPPING CO LTD. BUT COMPLETED IN THE UNITED STATES AS THE AIRCRAFT ESCORT VESSEL U.S.S WILLIPA, BY THE SEATTLE TACOMA SHIPBUILDING CO.

 SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 7,951 GROSS TONS.

SHE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME H.M.S PUNCHER FOR THE BRITISH NAVY.

 IN 1948 SHE BECAME MUNSTER CASTLE FOR THE FOR THE LANCASHIRE SHIPPING CO LTD.

 SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE GALLIC ( EX GREYSTOKE CASTLE).

IN 1954 SHE WAS RE-NAMED BARDIC AND TAKEN OVER BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ON  A TIME CHARTER.

 IN 1957 SHE WAS SOLD TO BEN LINE BUT WAS NOT RE-NAMED UNTIL 1959, WHEN HER TIME CHARTER WAS COMPLETED, WHEN SHE BECAME BENNEVIS. IN 1973 SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN KAOHSIUNG TAIWAN