Name: | EMPIRE FOREST |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/01/1942 |
Completed: | 03/1942 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 526 |
Dimensions: | 7025grt, 4261nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 510mn |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 168653 |
History: | |
14/03/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, managers), South Shields |
1946 | Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow; renamed CLAN ALLAN |
1958 | Bullard, King & Co Ltd, London; renamed UMTALI |
1959 | Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow; renamed CLAN ALLAN |
1961 | Mullion & Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed ARDSIROD |
12/10/1966 | Broken up |
Comments: | 12/10/1966: Broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Above photo as CLAN ALLAN is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Above photo as CLAN ALLAN is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as UMTALI is courtesy of Colin Campbell
Above photo as UMTALI is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as ARDSIROD is courtesy of Malcolm Cranfield