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SS Benwood
The ''Benwood'' is a shipwreck off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.
== Wrecking event ==
The Norwegian merchant freighter ''Benwood'' (360'x51') was under the command of Captain Torbjørn Skjelbred on the night of April 9, 1942. She was on a routine voyage from Tampa Bay, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia carrying a load of phosphate rock. That same evening, the ''Robert C. Tuttle''(544'x70') was traveling to Atreco, Texas, under the command of Captain Martin Johansen. The boat is right handed fyi. Rumors of German U-boats in the area forced the two ships to travel completely blacked out, each keeping the Florida coastal lights three miles abeam(''Benwood'')and one and a half miles abeam(''Robert C. Tuttle''). It is reported that at 12:45 a.m. the ''Robert C. Tuttle'' sighted a black object ahead of the ship and turned starboard after signaling "I intend to turn starboard." with one blow of the ship's whistle. There was no response from the other ship. At 12:50 a.m., the ''Benwood'' reported to have sighted a black object off her starboard. She sounded the ship's whistle twice indicating, "I intend to turn port." There was no response. It is believed that the two ships were now unwittingly on a collision course with each other. Just before the collision, Captain Skjelbred made last-minute efforts to avoid the ''Robert C. Tuttle'' by ordering the engine full astern (fastest reverse). Moments later,the bow of the ''Benwood'' punched into the ''Robert C. Tuttle'' just aft of the port side bow, above the waterline. This caused the bow of the ''Benwood'' collapsed upon itself. The Benwood began taking on water at a brisk rate. Captain Skjelbred turned hard for shore, attempting to save the ship by grounding, but some time between 1:10 and 2:00 a.m. was forced to abandon ship. The ''Benwood'' came to rest stern-to on a sandy slope in approximately to of water between Dixie Shoals (to the north) and French Reef (to the south) off of Key Largo, Florida.
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