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Name: PONTYPRIDD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/07/1924
Completed: 08/1924
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 263
Dimensions: 4458grt, 2736nrt, 399.6 x 52.9 x 24.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 422nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147719
History:
30/08/1924 Pontypridd Steamship Co Ltd (Morel Ltd), London
11/06/1942 Sank
Comments: 11/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boats U569 & U94,
520 miles NE of St John's, Canada
On a voyage from Immingham to Canada in bellast


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox