SS Benlomond was a British cargo steamship that was built in 1922 as Cynthiana, changed owners and names a number of times, and was sunk by a U-boat in 1942, with the loss of all but one of her 53 ship's company.

In 1938 Ben Line Steamers bought her, renamed her Benlomond, and returned her to the British registry.

[2][3] In 1920–22 Irvine's Shilbuilding and Dry Dock Co, in West Hartlepool on the River Tees, built a pair of sister ships for Furness, Withy.

Yard number 586 was launched in September 1920, completed in March 1921, and initially named Parisiana.

She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine built by Richardsons Westgarth & Company of Hartlepool.

[17] In May 1938 Ben Line bought Marionga J. Goulandris, renamed her Benlomond, and registered her in Leith.

[18] In November 1938, Ben Line bought her sister ship, formerly Parisiana, which since 1923 had been called London Exchange.

She went via the Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Penang and Singapore to Hong Kong, where she was in port from 19 to 25 January 1940.

She returned via Ko Sichang, Singapore, the Suez Canal and Gibraltar, where she joined Convoy HG 22.

On this voyage she went via Dakar, Cape Town, Penang, Singapore and Manila to Hong Kong, where she was in port from 29 June to 10 July.

She returned via Manila, Cebu, Singapore, Cape Town and Freetown in Sierra Leone, where she joined Convoy SL 46.

This time she returned via Honolulu, the Panama Canal and Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she joined Convoy HX 162.

OS 18 took her as far as Freetown, whence she continued unescorted via Cape Town, and Bombay to Karachi in British India, where she was in port from 5 to 21 April.

[21] After about two hours in the water, the Second Mess Steward, Poon Lim, found and boarded a liferaft that had floated clear from the ship when she sank.

In July 1943 King George VI awarded him the British Empire Medal for his "exceptional courage, fortitude and resource".