| Name: | KINGSWEAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/03/1909 |
| Completed: | 04/1909 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 158 |
| Dimensions: | 1457grt, 828nrt, 245.3 x 36.5 x 16.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 51ins), 185nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 124617 |
| History: | |
| 04/1909 | Renwick, Wilton & Co Ltd; registered at Dartmouth |
| 1920 | King & Co (Cardiff) Ltd, Dartmouth |
| 1926 | John D Paleocrassas, Andros; renamed POLEMIS |
| 1941 | French Vichy Government (Cyp Fabre, Marseille, manager) ; renamed MAURE |
| 23/03/1943 | Mittelmeer Reederei GmbH |
| 1949 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1914 to 1919: On Admiralty service as an ammunition carrier |
| 06/1940: Seized at Port Lyautey by Vichy French government | |
| 23/03/1943: Seized by German forces | |
| 15/03/1944: Damaged by bombing at St Louis du Rhone | |
| 21/08/1944: Scuttled at St Louis du Rhone | |
| 1949: Raised and broken up |
Photo courtesy of George Robinson
Marine Engineer, May 1st, 1909