Bristol City (1919)

Bristol City was a British cargo steamship that was launched in 1919 and sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1943.Yard number 135 was launched on 1 November 1919 as Bristol City, and completed in March 1920.[2] Her sister ship was built as yard number 136, launched on 12 June 1920 as Boston City, and completed that August.She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine built by Richardsons Westgarth & Company of Hartlepool.The corvette HMS Loosestrife rescued 29 survivors, including Captain Webb and three DEMS gunners.
Bristol City in Bristol in 1938
HMS Loosestrife
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