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
ID1135294

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