Name Breconshire Port of registry Liverpool, England Length 147 m Builder Hong Kong | Owner Glen Line Launched 1939 Draft 9.3 m | |
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Identification UK official number 172758
Code letters GSGF Fate Sunk by Axis bombers, 27 March 1942 Status Wreck salvaged and scrapped | ||
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.
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