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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Handwritten in ink on one side of sheet of paper. Issued to the chief engineer of the S.S. Pontypridd. Dated June 22nd 1914.
S.S. PONTYPRIDD. Built 1924 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Newcastle for Thomas Morel & Co. On 11 June 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-94 while en route from Immingham to Sydney in ballast, and a straggler in Convoy ONS-100. Two crew were lost. The master was taken prisoner by U-569 and was taken to POW camp Milag Nord. 42 crew members and three gunners were picked up by HMCS CHAMBLY and landed at St Johns.
