| Name: | BEAULY FIRTH |
| Type: | Aircraft Engine Repair Ship |
| Launched: | 24/08/1944 |
| Completed: | 06/1945 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 541 |
| Dimensions: | 7285grt, 5147nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 26.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins) |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 181753 |
| History: | |
| 10/06/1945 | British Royal Navy |
| 14/10/1947 | Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (JA Billmeir & Co Ltd), London; renamed STANFIRTH |
| 1961 | Cia Naviera y de Comercio Degedo Ltda (N Papalios), Panama |
| 1961 | Renamed AKAMAS |
| 1963 | Registered at Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1966 | Akamas Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta |
| 1968 | Renamed SKEPSIS |
| 31/07/1968 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 17/12/1943: Laid down as EMPIRE SARAWAK for the British Government |
| 08/1944: Converted after launch by Palmers at Hebburn | |
| Carried 2 x lighters to transport aero engines for repair | |
| Engines testing in the two hangars would propel anchored ship in circles | |
| 07/1948: Completed conversion back to a cargo ship | |
| 31/07/1968: Arrived at Shanghai for breaking up |
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