No.499 Llangibby Castle launched in 1929

11,951grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Govan

Scrapped Newport 1954

She was torpedoed 16 Jan 1942 by the German submarine U-402 The torpedo hit the stern, killing 26 people and blowing away her aft gun and rudder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Llangibby_Castle

image from Rich Turnwald

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