The general cargo ship 'Ibero' headed out from Cardiff, passing Penarth Head on the 21st January 1930 en-route for Barcelona with her cargo of coal but never arrived there She was subsequently posted as missing.
She was built at the East Yard of Robert Duncan & Company at Port Glasgow having been launched during May 1926. she was completed the following month and handed over to her owners M. M . de Pinlos of Cadiz. She was 404.9 ft. in length x 33.0 ft. wide x 27.6 ft. depth being of 1191 tons gross and 719 tons net register. [813]