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Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Irish screw steam cargo ship (ex-Ballycotton 1911-1936) City of Limerick 1936-1940

National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland April 2019

Artist Kenneth King. Sunk by German bombers on 15 July 1940 underway with fruit on the so-called Lisbon Run bound for Liverpool, England. Owned by Saorstat&Continental Co. Ltd., Dublin and before 1936 United Kingdom-flagged, of Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. Built by Caledon Shipbuilding&Engineering Co.Ltd., Dundee, Scotland, Gross tonnage 1.359 tons, under deck 1.011 tons, net tonnage 617 tons and as dimensions252.7 x 35.6 x 16.7 feet. Call sign EILC. 

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