Name: | WEST WALES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/12/1924 |
Completed: | 03/1925 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 224 |
Dimensions: | 4353grt, 2627nrt, 400.0 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: | 148283 |
History: | |
17/03/1925 | West Wales Steamship Co Ltd (Gibbs & Co), Cardiff |
29/01/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/01/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94, 380 miles W of Campbeltown |
On a voyage from New York & Halifax to Newport with a cargo of steel |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox