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Name: EMPIRE SCOTT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/07/1941
Completed: 08/1941
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 523
Dimensions: 6150grt, 4186nrt, 405.8 x 53.5 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 68 x 45ins), 415nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 168650
History:
08/1941 Ministry of War Transport (Chine Shipping Co Ltd, managers), South Shields
1946 Chine Shipping Co Ltd, South Shields; renamed WALTER SCOTT
1960 Lanena Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed ZAFIRO
1961 Sigma Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed ORIENTAL
18/08/1963 Broken up
Comments: 18/08/1963: Broken up at Hong Kong by Sigma Shipping Co Ltd


Above photo as EMPIRE SCOTT is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Above photo as EMPIRE SCOTT is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries

Above photo as WALTER SCOTT is courtesy of Mike Cooper

Above photo as WALTER SCOTT is courtesy of Photoship