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