| Name: | TAFELBERG |
| Type: | Whale Factory Ship |
| Launched: | 29/04/1930 |
| Completed: | 07/1930 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1059 |
| Dimensions: | 13640grt, 9196nrt, 508.3 x 72.5 x 35.7ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (24.75, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 1079nhp |
| Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 154114 |
| History: | |
| 18/09/1930 | Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co Ltd, Cape Town |
| 1936 | Managers became Irvin & Johnson (South Africa) Ltd |
| 1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Chr Salvesen & Co), Cardiff |
| 1943 | Renamed EMPIRE HERITAGE |
| 08/09/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1939: Converted to a tanker |
| 28/01/1941: Damaged by a mine 3 miles S of Barry and beached at Porthkerry | |
| On a voyage from Barry to Greenock and the USA in ballast | |
| Wreck subsequently broke into two parts and was declared a total loss | |
| Wreck was acquired by the Ministry of War Transport | |
| The ship was subsequently joined together again at Cardiiff | |
| 08/09/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U482, 43 miles NW of Londonderry | |
| On a voyage from New York to Liverpool & the Clyde with a cargo of fuel oil & deck cargo | |
| All 113 people on board died |
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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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