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Name: EMPIRE SEABROOK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/03/1945
Completed: 05/1945
Builder: Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 16
Dimensions: 518grt, 291nrt, 142.5 x 27.1 x 16.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCDA, 6cyl (10 x 13ins)
Engines by: National Gas and Oil Engine Co Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169194
History:
05/1945 Ministry of War Transport (GT Gillie & Blair Ltd), Newcastle
1947 Coastal Carriers Ltd (GT Gillie & Blair Ltd), Grimsby; renamed LEGBOURNE
1951 TJ Masee, London; renamed MASTON
1951 Soon Bee SS Co (Singapore) Ltd (Heap Eng Moh SS Co Ltd), Singapore
1951 Renamed BEE TONG
1959 Guan Guan Ltd, Singapore; renamed SINGA MAS
1963 Cathay Shipping Corporation (Guan Guan Ltd), Panama
1964 Transportes Maritimos de San Blas SA, Panama; renamed NAPOLEON
1973 Unknown owners; renamed AQUATIC 2
1975 Unknown owners; renamed RED EAGLE
03/1976 Broken up
Comments: A standard coaster of the ‘Shelt’ type designed for service in the Far East.
17/03/1975: Sank in Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore, refloated and sold
03/1976: Broken up at Jurong


Above photo as RED EAGLE courtesy of Richard Cox