MV Breconshire
 Breconshire in Grand Harbour, Malta | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Breconshire |
| Owner: | Glen Line |
| Port of registry: | Liverpool, England |
| Builder: | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering, Hong Kong |
| Launched: | 1939 |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Sunk by Axis bombers, 27 March 1942 |
| Status: | Wreck salvaged and scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cargo liner |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 483 ft (147.22 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) |
| Draught: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Depth: | 31 ft 2 in (9.50 m) |
| Decks: | 2 |
| Installed power: | 2 × diesel engines (2,469 nhp) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × screws |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
MV Breconshire was a 9,776-gross register ton (GRT) cargo liner built in the late 1930s for the Glen Line. She was taken over by the Royal Navy during World War II as a supply ship and modified to carry fuel oil. The ship participated in many Malta convoys and was sunk by Axis bombers on 27 March 1942.
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