Name: | EMPIRE SEAFORTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1945 |
Completed: | 03/1945 |
Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 15 |
Dimensions: | 518grt, 294nrt, 142.5 x 27.1 x 16.0ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCDA, 6cyl (10 x 13ins), 330bhp |
Engines by: | National Gas & Oil Engine Co, Ashton-under-Lyne |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169192 |
History: | |
03/1945 | Ministry of War Transport (James Fisher & Sons Ltd), Newcastle |
1947 | Seaway Coasters Ltd, Newcastle; renamed SEAFORTH |
1951 | Seaway Coasters Ltd (James Fisher & Sons), Newcastle |
1951 | Renamed HALFAYA |
1955 | L Savon & Ries (Aden Shipping) Co Ltd, Aden; renamed BEIHAN |
1963 | Yousuf Ubaydli, Bahrein |
1968 | Abdul Razak Mohamed Saleh Al Haddad, Dubai |
No further history known | |
Comments: | A standard coaster of the ‘Shelt’ type designed for service in the Far East. |
1996: Deleted from Lloyd’s Register as ‘existence in doubt’ |
Above photo as SEAFORTH courtesy of Photoship