BIRCHBANK MV was a British Cargo Motor Vessel of 5,151 tons built in 1924 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Yard No 656 for the Bank Line Ltd. (A.Weir & Co.), Glasgow as the Foreric. She was completed as the BIRCHBANK MV and powered by a diesl of 717nhp. Engines by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan. On the 11th November 1943 she was bombed and set alight by German aircraft off Nostaganem, Algeria where she blew up and sank. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58335