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