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:
  • UK official number: 172758
  • Code letters: GSGF
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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