Name: | EMPIRE MORLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/11/1944 |
Completed: | 02/1945 |
Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 10 |
Dimensions: | 7068grt, 4767nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 542mn |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169191 |
History: | |
02/1945 | Ministry of War Transport (Headlam & Son), Newcastle |
1947 | Tower SS Co Ltd (Counties Ship Management Co Ltd), London |
1947 | Renamed TOWER GRANGE |
1949 | London & Overseas Freighters Ltd. (Counties Ship Management Co Ltd) |
1950 | Renamed LONDON TRADER |
1950 | Cia Maritima Azores SA, Monrovia; renamed NICO |
06/1969 | Broken up |
Comments: | A standard ‘B’ type cargo ship |
09/1969: Broken up at Etajima by Fukada Salvage Co |
Above photo as NICO copyright of Stan Mayes
Above photo as NICO courtesy of Richard Cox