Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
S.S. GRAINTON, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. GRAINTON, at Cardiff Docks, 1948.
S.S. GRAINTON (6341gt). Built 1929 by Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland for R.Chapman & Sons of Newcastle. She sailed in many convoys during World War 2, including eight transatlantic to Freetown and Sierra Leone, usually transporting grain. 1950 - Sold to Johs. Fritzen & Sohn GMBH of Emden, Germany, and renamed KATHARINA DOROTHEA FRITZEN. She arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, in April 1961 for breaking.