Tacoma City (1)

Built by Gray, West Hartlepool. ID: 1148840. Launched 4th September 1929. GT: 4,738, LPP: 122.0,

1929 Reardon Smith Line Limited, Bideford.
1941 Mined and sunk off the River Mersey in March.

 

View of Tacoma City
Tacoma City 1929 to 1941.
From the collection of the late Alec Osborne. Copyright © Reardon Smith Ships.
 
History. Mined (parachute mine) 500 yds 104 degrees Rock Ferry Lt, Mersey 13.3.41 (4 killed)). New York-Manchester. Wreck still visible at low water in 1950’s

Tacoma City. Page [1] [2]
Memories from RSL staff.