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Name: BRITISH EMPRESS
Type: Tanker
Launched: 23/03/1917
Completed: 05/1917
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 998
Dimensions: 6847grt, 4253nrt, 430.1 x 57.0 x 33.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 54ins), 620nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140297
History:
05/1917 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
01/1937 Broken up
Comments: 16/01/1937: Arrived at Bruges for breaking by Van Heyghen Freres


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