 Breconshire inGrand Harbour,Malta | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Breconshire |
| Owner | Glen Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool,England |
| Builder | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering,Hong Kong |
| Launched | 2 February 1939 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by Axis bombers, 27 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 483 ft (147.22 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) |
| Draught | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Depth | 31 ft 2 in (9.50 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 2 ×diesel engines (2,469nhp) |
| Propulsion | 2 × screws |
| Speed | 14knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
MVBreconshire was a 9,776-gross register ton (GRT)cargo liner built in the late 1930s for theGlen Line. She was taken over by theRoyal Navy duringWorld War II as a supply ship and modified to carryfuel oil. The ship participated in manyMalta convoys and was sunk by Axis bombers on 27 March 1942.
This ship was a former Holt liner converted to serve as a fast tanker. She was forced to beach due to damage sustained during a convoy run fromAlexandria to Malta. Though the ship was put out of action, she was stranded high enough out of the water that some of her vital cargo of petroleum was salvaged.[1]
