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Name: MIDDLESEX
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/03/1920
Completed: 09/1920
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1026
Dimensions: 8569grt, 5350nrt, 460.0 x 62.8 x 35.2ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, 1252nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 145237
History:
09/1920 Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
10/01/1941 Sank
Comments: 10/01/1941: Mined & sunk off Flatholm Island on a voyage
from Cardiff and Newport via Swansea to Fremantle


Above photo courtesy of Photoship