Name: | EMPIRE FLAG |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/06/1943 |
Completed: | 29/10/1943 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 4 |
Dimensions: | 10300dwt, 7024grt, 4734nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 542mn |
Engines by: | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169169 |
History: | |
29/10/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (New Zealand Shipping Co, managers); registered at Newcastle |
1946 | Ministry of Transport |
1946 | Donaldson Atlantic Line Ltd, Glasgow; renamed CARMIA |
1949 | Donaldson Line Ltd, Glasgow |
1954 | Blue Star Line Ltd, London; renamed VICTORIA STAR |
1955 | Douglas SS Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed INCHEARN |
26/03/1966 | Broken up |
Comments: | A standard B Type emergency ship |
26/03/1966: Broken up at Izumi-Ohtsu, Japan |
Above photo as CARMIA courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as CARMIA copyright of Stuart Smith
Above photo as VICTORIA STAR courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as INCHEARN copyright of Malcolm Cranfield