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Name: EMPIRE SQUIRE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/11/1941
Completed: 01/1942
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 525
Dimensions: 7044grt, 4967nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 510nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 168652
History:
01/1942 Ministry of War Transport (J Robinson & Sons, managers), South Shields
1943 Government of Greece (Lyras & Lemos Bros, managers), Piraeus; renamed MAKEDONIA
1947 Antonios G Pappadakis, Piraeus
1962 Cia Naviera y de Comercio Adonis Ltda, Beirut, Lebanon; renamed ANTHAS
23/06/1967 Broken up
Comments: 23/06/1967: Broken up at Shanghai


Above photo as EMPIRE SQUIRE is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums