BURY - 1911

BURY - 1911

Postby northeast » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:56 pm

1911, 1686grt
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering, Hull (569) for the Great Central Railway, Grimsby
1923 London & North Eastern Railway
1948 British Transport Commission
Broken up at Nieuwe Lekkerland arrived 1/7/1958
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Re: BURY - 1911

Postby teesships » Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:11 pm

Convoy Rescue Ship in WW2:
Bury 1686 tons, built 1911, in rescue service from 27 December 1941, sailed with 48 convoys, rescued 237 survivors.
(per Wikipedia)

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