HMS Breconshire explained
MV Breconshire was a
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.
This ship was a former Holt liner converted to serve as a fast tanker. She was forced to beach due to damage sustained during a convoy run from Alexandria to Malta. Though the ship was put out of action, she was stranded high enough out of the water that some of her vital cargo of petroleum was salvaged.[1]
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Notes and References
- Book: Mackay, Ron.. Britain's Fleet Air Arm in World War II. 2005. Schiffer Military History. 0764321315. Atglen, PA. 106–08. 58841715.
