Name: | EMPIRE ABBEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/12/1943 |
Completed: | 03/1944 |
Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 6 |
Dimensions: | 7032grt, 4732nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 542nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169178 |
History: | |
07/03/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Elders & Fyffes Ltd), Newcastle |
1946 | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London; renamed TEVIOT |
1960 | Mullion & Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed ARDELLIS |
1963 | Hai An Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed TUNG AN |
15/08/1966 | Broken up |
Comments: | A standard ‘B’ type cargo ship |
06/08/1966: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
15/08/1966: Broken up by Nan Feng Steel Enterprise Co |
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