Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
M.V. BIRCHBANK, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of M.V. BIRCHBANK, c. 1936.
Built 1924 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Govan, as the FORERIC. She was completed for Bank Line Ltd, (Andrew Weir & Co) Glasgow as the BIRCHBANK and powered by diesel engines by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan. On the 11th November 1943 she was bombed and set alight by German aircraft off Nostaganem, Algeria where she blew up and sank. Sixty-five crew members survived but one crew member and one gunner lost their lives.