| Name: | EMPIRE RABAUL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/11/1944 |
| Completed: | 02/1945 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 543 |
| Dimensions: | 7307grt, 5105nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 35.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 79 x 48ins), 510mn |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 180220 |
| History: | |
| 20/01/1945 | Ministry of War Transport, London; registered at South Shields |
| 1945 | BJ Sutherland & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1947 | Renamed DUMFRIES |
| 1954 | Chine Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle; renamed CHARLES DICKENS |
| 1956 | Splosna Plovba Koper, Pontoroz, Jugoslavia; renamed POHORJE |
| 1958 | Splosna Plovba, Pontoroz, Jugoslavia |
| 21/04/1967 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 21/04/1967: Broken up at Trieste by Sidemar SpA |
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Above photo as DUMFRIES is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as CHARLES DICKENS is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as CHARLES DICKENS is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as POHORJE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as POHORJE is courtesy of Richard Cox