MV Gloucester (1941)

History
Name: MV Gloucester (1941)
Owner: 1941-1966: New Zealand Shipping Company
Operator: 1941-1966: New Zealand Shipping Company
Port of registry: New Zealand
Builder: Alexander Stephen and Sons
Yard number: 575
Launched: 12 March 1941
Out of service: 1966
Fate: Scrapped in Kaohsiung
General characteristics
Tonnage: 8,532 GT
Length: 450 ft (140 m)
Beam: 60 ft (18 m)
Speed: 15 Knots

MV Gloucester (1941) was a cargo vessel operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company from 1941 to 1966. It was mainly intended to transport fruit from New Zealand to the United Kingdom.[1]

War service

The ship was included in several of the North Atlantic convoys between America, Canada and Great Britain.

  • Convoy HX 161 Departed Halifax on 21 November 1941 and arrived Liverpool on 6 December[2]
  • Convoy ON 050 Liverpool 24/12/41
  • Convoy HX 228 NYC 28/02/43
  • Convoy UC 027 Belfast Lough 23/06/44
  • Convoy CU 060 NYC 27/02/45
  • Convoy UC 063B LIVERPOOL 11/04/45

Fate

In 1966 she was sold to Greece and renamed Consulate and scrapped shortly afterwards.

References

  1. ↑ The fruit annual and directory. 1950
  2. ↑ The Allied Convoy System. Arnold Hague
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