Name: | EMPIRE LADY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/06/1944 |
Completed: | 08/1944 |
Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 8 |
Dimensions: | 7046grt, 4747nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins), 554nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169183 |
History: | |
08/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Elders & Fyffes Ltd), Newcastle |
1946 | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London; renamed TWEED |
20/08/1959 | Broken up |
Comments: | A standard ‘B’ type cargo ship |
20/08/1959: Arrived at Newport (Mon), for breaking up by John Cashmore |
Above photo as TWEED courtesy of Malcolm Cranfield