Cornish City

Cornish City was the name of five ships operated by Sir W R Smith & Sons Ltd (Reardon Smith Line).

SS Cornish City (1906), captured and scuttled during the First World War
SS Cornish City (1919), sold in 1929, seized in 1940 and placed under the management of Reardon Smith as Fort Binger until returned to owners in 1944
MV Cornish City (1936), torpedoed and sunk by U-177 on 29 July 1943
MV Cornish City (1943), ex Empire Cheer, managed during the Second World War and purchased in 1946, scrapped 1963
MV Cornish City (1969), sold in 1977

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