Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
S.S. CITY OF NEWPORT, glass negative
Port broadside view of S.S. CITY OF NEWPORT at Cardiff Docks.
Launched December 1943 as WILLIAM R. COX, but completed 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland (engine by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio), as SAMTWEED for MoWT, managed by Hall Lines Ltd., Liverpool. 1947 – Sold to Ellerman Lines Ltd., and renamed CITY OF NEWPORT, managed by Hall Lines Ltd. 1961 – Sold to Veritas Shipping Corp., (Greek flag) and renamed ISTROS II, managed by N & J Vlassopulos, London. She was broken up at Trieste, Italy, in 1967. (mariners-l // libertyships)