Message 1 - City of Benares Posted on: 18 October 2005 by Hugh Ferguson. I was in school at the time when one of the schoolmaster's sons was evacuated in this ship.

A TEAM of shipwreck explorers believe they’ve found the real reason behind why Nazi U-boats sunk a ship carrying children — one of World War 2’s worst maritime atrocities.

The SS City of Benares which sailed to Canada during the Second World War with the aim to save children from the blitz, ended in the tragic death of 77 children.