Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      CITY OF GUILDFORD
Arrived:14 May 1931
Departed:1 December 1931
Career:Launched as WAR MIDGE, WW1 Standard B type. Completed as ROMEO for Ellerman's Hall Line, Liverpool. Renamed CITY OF GUILDFORD-1928. 27 Mar 1943 torpedoed and sunk by U.593 at 33.00N 22.50E en route Alexandria to Tripoli.
Dates from Oyster Company Ledger - swivel 14 May 1931.

Liverpool Journal of Commerce reports:
1 Dec 1931 sailed Tollesbury [3 Dec 1931]
8 Dec 1931 arrived Newport from Tollesbury [9 Dec 1931]

14 Dec 1931 in Dry Dock at Newport [Western Mail]

Tonnage:5,157 gross
Built:1919
Type:Cargo ship
Owner:Ellerman Lines
Official No:140630
ID1140630

Ships laid up in the River Blackwater off Tollesbury. The ship on the right is believed to be CITY OF GUILDFORD. Date: Before 20 October 1932.

Above:  Ships laid up in the River Blackwater off Tollesbury. The ship on the right is believed to be CITY OF GUILDFORD. Date: Before 20 October 1932.
Source: Mersea Museum / Cedric Gurton Tollesbury

River Blackwater Tollesbury. Postcard not mailed.

L to R ?, ?, CITY OF GUILDFORD, BENGUELA, HIGHLAND ROVER. Date: 1930s.

Above:  River Blackwater Tollesbury. Postcard not mailed. L to R ?, ?, CITY OF GUILDFORD, BENGUELA, HIGHLAND ROVER. Date: 1930s.
Source: Mersea Museum / Cedric Gurton Tollesbury


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