MV Breconshire

300px 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:	9,776 GRT 5,908 NT
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.

External links

• Lloyd's Registry for 1940