FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name BRADFORD CITY
Type Cargo
Yard Number 247
Launched 05/05/1936
Completed 07/1936
Off. Number 161622
Engine builder Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Engine type 4-cyl 2SCSA oil engine, 687 nhp
GRT 4953
Length (feet) 426.5
Beam (feet) 56.2
First owner Reardon Smith Line Ltd (Sir Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd.), Bideford
Fate 01/11/1941 torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-68 when at 22.59S 9.49E (off Walvis Bay, Cape Province) whilst on a voyage from Mauritius to UK

Photo collection Harold Appleyard

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