Name: | EMPIRE SCOTT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/07/1941 |
Completed: | 08/1941 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 523 |
Dimensions: | 6150grt, 4186nrt, 405.8 x 53.5 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 68 x 45ins), 415nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 168650 |
History: | |
08/1941 | Ministry of War Transport (Chine Shipping Co Ltd, managers), South Shields |
1946 | Chine Shipping Co Ltd, South Shields; renamed WALTER SCOTT |
1960 | Lanena Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed ZAFIRO |
1961 | Sigma Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed ORIENTAL |
18/08/1963 | Broken up |
Comments: | 18/08/1963: Broken up at Hong Kong by Sigma Shipping Co Ltd |
Above photo as EMPIRE SCOTT is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as EMPIRE SCOTT is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries
Above photo as WALTER SCOTT is courtesy of Mike Cooper
Above photo as WALTER SCOTT is courtesy of Photoship