HMS Breconshire
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|infobox caption= |display title= }} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:SS Breconshire in Grand Harbour, Malta A6926.jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption=Breconshire in Grand Harbour, Malta }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=Breconshire |Ship owner=Glen Line |Ship operator= |Ship registry=Liverpool, England |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering, Hong Kong |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=2 February 1939 |Ship completed= |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*UK official number: 172758
|Ship fate=Sunk by Axis bombers, 27 March 1942 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Cargo liner |Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|9776}}
|Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|483|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|66|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|30|ft|6|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|31|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship decks=2 |Ship deck clearance= |Ship power=2 × diesel engines (2,469 nhp) |Ship propulsion=2 × screws |Ship speed={{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
MV Breconshire was a {{GRT|9776|disp=adj}} 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.{{Cite book|title=Britain's Fleet Air Arm in World War II|last=Mackay, Ron.|date=2005|publisher=Schiffer Military History|isbn=0764321315|location=Atglen, PA|pages=106–08|oclc=58841715}}
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External links
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- [https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a0166.pdf Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1940]
- [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35695/supplement/3912 London Gazette, Sept 1940]
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Category:Maritime incidents in March 1942
Category:Ministry of War Transport ships
Category:Merchant ships sunk by aircraft
Category:Ships built by the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company