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Name: EAST WALES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/07/1925
Completed: 08/1925
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 225
Dimensions: 8500dwt, 4358grt, 2633nrt, 400.1 x 53.0 x 25.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 490nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148287
History:
08/1925 Gibbs & Co, Cardiff
by 1930 West Wales Steamship Co Ltd (Gibbs & Co, managers), Cardiff
16/12/1942 Sank
Comments: 16/12/1942: Sunk by a torpedo from a U-Boat U159, 500 miles NE of Fortaleza
On voyage New York to Durban with general cargo and coal
17 crew died


Photo courtesy of Richard Cox