Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships

Ship:	CARMARTHENSHIRE
Arrived:	1 January 1923
Departed:	After 16 January 1923
Arrived 2:	25 March 1923
Departed 2:	15 July 1923
Career:	Sold 1929 and converted to whale factory ship SOURABAYA for Christian Salvesen & Co., Edinburgh. She was torpedoed 27 October 1942 by submarine U436 54.32N 31.02W on a voyage New York to Liverpool with fuel oil. 1 Jan 1923 sailed London [Dundee Courier 3 Jan 1923] 1 Jan 1923 CARMARTHENSHIRE at Tollesbury [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 16 Jan 1923] 16 Jan 1923 at Tollesbury since 1 Jan 1923 [Liverpool Journal of Commerce] 21 Mar 1923 arrived London from Havana [Dundee Courier] Dundee Courier 27 March 1923 records CARMARTHENSHIRE arrived Blackwater from London March 25. Arrived 25 March 1923 departed 15 July 1923 [George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List]
Tonnage:	7,823 gross
Built:	1915
Type:	Passenger cargo
Owner:	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Official No:	136347
ID	1136347

CARDIGANSHIRE or CARMARTHENSHIRE - part of a postcard of Bradwell on Sea. Date: 1920s.

Above: CARDIGANSHIRE or CARMARTHENSHIRE - part of a postcard of Bradwell on Sea. Date: 1920s.
Source: Ron Green Collection

Barge BLACKWATER at Bradwell on Sea. Date: 1920s.

Above: Barge BLACKWATER at Bradwell on Sea. Date: 1920s.
Source: Ron Green Collection