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Name: EMPIRE SEAGREEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/09/1945
Completed: 01/10/1945
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 76
Dimensions: 518grt, 293nrt, 142.5 x 27.1 x 16.0ft; (1959: 386grt, 164nrt)
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (10 x 13in), 30nhp; (1969: oil engine, 450bhp)
Engines by: National Gas & Oil Engine Co, Ashton-under-Lyne
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169206
History:
25/10/1945 Ministry of War Transport (Walford Lines Ltd), Newcastle
1946 Ministry of Transport (S Instone & Co Ltd), Newcastle
1950 Instone Lines Ltd, Newcastle; renamed SEAGREEN
1959 Capt H Harvey, Newcastle (Baie St Paul, Quebec); renamed ST PIERRE
06/02/1963 Transport Maritime Harvey Ltee, Quebec
09/05/1974 Sank
Comments: 1959: Re-built by GT Davie & Sons, Lauzon, Quebec
1969: Re-engined with an oil engine that was manufactured in 1959
09/05/1974: Capsized and sank after striking breakwater at
the entrance to the Lachine Canal. Wreck later broken up


Above photo as EMPIRE SEAGREEN is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as EMPIRE SEAGREEN is courtesy of Photoship