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S.S. BRECONIAN, postcard
Real photograph postcard showing full starboard bows view of turret deck vessel S.S. BRECONIAN. Postmarked Rotterdam 1907. Address written on back, no message.
S.S. BRECONIAN (4131gt) built 1906 by Doxford & Sons, Sunderland. Owned by Cambrian Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and managed by J. Mathias & Sons, Aberystwyth. Turret deck vessel. Sold in 1917 to Tyneside Line Ltd. (J. Ridley, Son & Tully, Managers), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Transferred 1920 to Tyneside Line (1920) Ltd. (same managers), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Sold 1926 to G. Bozzo, Genoa and re-named LORENZO BOZZO. Scrapped in 1932 at Genoa. In the fleet 1906-1917. Official number 8527. Tonnage gross 4121. Tonnage nett 2577. Length 350.0, beam 51.1, depth/draught 24.0 feet. Machinery T 3 cyl by the shipbuilders.