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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Starboard broadside view of S.S. EFTYCHIA at Cardiff Docks.
Built 1943 as RIVERTON (3) by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Triple-expansion engine by Rowan, Glasgow, for Carlton SS Co Ltd (R. Chapman & Son), Newcastle. On the 23rd April 1945, she was torpedoed southwest of St. Ives by submarine U-1023 with the loss of three of the 48 crew.The vessel was towed, (minus her stern) to St. Ives, then later, on to Palmers Dry Dock, Swansea for repairs. 1960 – Sold to D. Margaronis , Greece, and renamed EFTYCHIA. 1965 – Sold to Cia.Nav. Pearl, Panama, and renamed BOAZ. She was broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in March 1969. (swanseadocks.co.uk)(boatnerd.com)(mariners_list)
