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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