Name: | EMPIRE REYNOLDS |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 16/07/1942 |
Completed: | 09/1942 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1712 |
Dimensions: | 8128grt, 4634nrt, 11941dwt, 456.9 x 59.4 x 33.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 629nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Reg Number: | 165838 |
History: | |
04/09/1942 | Ministry of War Transport, Newcastle |
1946 | Aral Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed LUMINOUS |
1951 | HE Moss & Co's Tankers (Holdings) Ltd, Liverpool |
1956 | "Cosarma" Cia Sicula di Armamento, Palermo; renamed POTERE |
1956 | Renamed MIRIELLA |
10/1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | 06/1943: Fitted with an anti-torpedo net defence |
10/1960: Broken up at Trieste by Sidemar |
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Above photo as EMPIRE REYNOLDS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as EMPIRE REYNOLDS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as LUMINOUS is courtesy of Photoship