Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships

Ship:	CHEPSTOW CASTLE
Arrived:	29 June 1924
Departed:	4 October 1924
Career:	Built as ANGLO-BRAZILIAN, renamed CHEPSTOW CASTLE 1915. Wrecked Rothesay Bay 7 Apr 1932 whilst laid up. Broken up Port Glasgow. Dates from George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List Shields Daily News 8 Oct 1924 CHEPSTOW CASTLE arrived Tees 6 Oct 1924 from Tollesbury
Tonnage:	7,468 gross
Built:	1913
Type:	Cargo ship
Owner:	Union Castle Mail SS Co. Ltd.
Official No:	135294
ID	1135294