| 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: | |
| 27/07/1925 | 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 a voyage from New York to Durban carrying general cargo and coal | |
| 17 crew died |
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