Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      MONTGOMERYSHIRE
Arrived:c25 May 1927
Departed:c2 December 1927
Arrived 2:24 April 1928
Departed 2:26 May 1928
Career:Ordered as WAR VALOUR. Renamed RIV-1931. Bombed and sunk 29/30 August 1941. Later raised and broken up.

Liverpool Journal of Commerce reports:
30 Jun 1927 sailed Rotterdam 24 May for London
5 Jul 1927 at River Blackwater
5 Dec 1927 arrived London 3 Dec 1927 from River Blackwater (under tow SUN V, SUN VII and SUN X)
3 Apr 1928 due KGV Dock London from Vancouver
5 Apr 1928 passed Gravesend for KGV Dock [6 Apr 1928]
16 Apr 1928 arrived Rotterdam [18 Apr 1928]
19 Apr 1928 arrived Antwerp [20 Apr 1928]
30 April 1928 at River Blackwater since 24 April 1928
8 June 1928 arrived River Tyne from River Blackwater [11 June 1928]

Lloyds List 27 May 1927
24 May 1927 8.30pm vessel 80 miles NE of North Foreland bound for Tollesbury [With thanks to Guildhall Library]

Voyage Record Card:
25 Apr 1928 arrived River Blackwater from Antwerp
6 Jun 1928 sailed for Shields/River Tyne

Tonnage:6,650 gross
Built:1921
Type:Cargo ship
Owner:Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Official No:145246
ID1145246

MONTGOMERYSHIRE - thought to be whilst she was laid up in the River Blackwater. She made two visits c5 July 1927 to c2 Dec 1927 and 24 April 1928 to 26 May 1928. Built 1921 as WAR VALOUR, bombed and sunk 29/30 August 1941. Date: cMay 1928.

Above:  MONTGOMERYSHIRE - thought to be whilst she was laid up in the River Blackwater. She made two visits c5 July 1927 to c2 Dec 1927 and 24 April 1928 to 26 May 1928. Built 1921 as WAR VALOUR, bombed and sunk 29/30 August 1941. Date: cMay 1928.
Source: Mersea Museum / Ian Clarke Collection


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