Name: | EMPIRE DRAYTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/10/1941 |
Completed: | 02/1942 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1641 |
Dimensions: | 7023grt, 4247nrt, 432.5 x 56.2 x 34.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 39 & 66 x 45in), 512nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 165826 |
History: | |
02/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Headlam & Son), Newcastle |
1942 | Belgian Government, Antwerp; renamed BELGIAN SAILOR |
1946 | Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp |
1946 | Renamed CAPITAINE BIEBUYCK |
1958 | Kvanerska Plovidba, Rijeka; renamed KASTAV |
1963 | Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovidba, Rijeka |
1965 | Ivory Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed IVORY TELLUS |
1968 | Registered at Beirut |
22/04/1970 | Broken up |
Comments: | 22/04/1970: Arrived at Hirao for breaking up by Matsukura Maritime Co |
Above photo as CAPITAINE BIEBUYCK courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as IVORY TELLUS copyright of Urs O Honegger