Name: | EMPIRE PATH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/07/1943 |
Completed: | 09/1943 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 535 |
Dimensions: | 6140grt, 4087nrt, 405.8 x 53.5 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 508nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169052 |
History: | |
09/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Moller Line (UK) Ltd, managers), South Shields |
24/12/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/12/1944: Mined and sank 10 miles west of Oostende |
On a voyage from Antwerp to The Downs in ballast | |
3 crew killed |
Above photo as EMPIRE PATH, dated 01/09/1943, is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries