Montgomeryshire 1921

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	MONTGOMERYSHIRE
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	27/10/1920
Completed:	04/1921
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard:	Low Walker
Yard Number:	961
Dimensions:	6650grt, 4097nrt, 412.3 x 55.8 x 34.7ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, DR geared, 676nhp;
	(1932: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (29.5 x 49.25ins), 610nhp)
Engines by:	North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend; (1932: Soc An "Fiat" SG, Turin)
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	145246

History:
21/06/1921	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, London
1931	Soc Commerciale di Nav, Genova; renamed RIV
30/08/1941	Sank

Comments:	Ordered as WAR VALOUR for the UK Government
	1932: Re-engined with a 4cyl Fiat oil engine
	30/08/1941: Bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at Tripoli
	Subsequently raised and broken up