HMS Breconshire
MV Breconshire was a 9,776-gross register ton (GRT) cargo liner built in the late 1930s for the Glen Line. She was taken over by the Royal Navy during World War II as a supply ship and modified to carry fuel oil. The ship participated in many Malta convoys and was sunk by Axis bombers on 27 March 1942.
 Breconshire in Grand Harbour, Malta | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Breconshire |
| Owner: | Glen Line |
| Port of registry: | Liverpool, England |
| Builder: | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering, Hong Kong |
| Launched: | 1939 |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Sunk by Axis bombers, 27 March 1942 |
| Status: | Wreck salvaged and scrapped |
| 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 (2,469 nhp) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × screws |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
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 from Alexandria 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]
References
- Mackay, Ron. (2005). Britain's Fleet Air Arm in World War II. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History. pp. 106–08. ISBN 0764321315. OCLC 58841715.
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