"ss GRETAVALE<br /> Yard No 797<br /> Launched: Wednesday, 22/02/1928 for Andrew Crawford & Co of Glasgow (Vale Line)<br /> <br /> The Vale Line became a substantial tramp ship fleet, carrying bunker coals between the UK, Australia and the Far East - and ports in between. The Company acquired 13 ships between 1904 and 1942. The Gretavale of 1928 was the second of three sister ships built by Lithgow for the company in 1927-29, the first being named Gogovale (the third) and the last vessel becoming the second Gryfevale. <br /> <br /> Gretavale was torpedoed while on convoy duties in WW2. Her predecessor in the Crawford fleet, the first Gretavale, was also lost in WW2. By that time she was Japanese owned, named TOKAI MARU, and she was sunk by the US Air Force.<br /> <br /> Career:<br /> <br /> <a href=""http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=18122"">http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=18122</a>"
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