SS St. Elwyn

SS St. Elwyn was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1938 and owned by the South American Saint Line.Thompson and Sons built a set of three sister ships in Sunderland on the River Wear for South American Saint Line.White's system was as economical as earlier combinations of a reciprocating engine with an exhaust turbine, but with the advantages of being lighter and more compact.Convoy FN 9 left Southend on 22 September, steamed north, and reached Methil in Fife two days later.Her homeward voyages from South America were via Freetown, Sierra Leone, to join an SL convoy to reach home waters.[12][13] On 31 May 1940 St. Elwyn, carrying general cargo, left Freetown with Convoy SL 34, which reached Liverpool on 15 June.[14] By 8 July she was in the Thames Estuary again, leaving Southend with Convoy FN 217, which reached Methil two days later.[20] Her Master was Captain Edward Thomas Alexander Daniells, DSC and Bar, Royal Naval Reserve.A Reardon Smith Lines steamship, Leeds City, rescued them and landed them at Gourock on the Firth of Clyde.
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