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Name: KELMSCOTT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/05/1943
Completed: 07/1943
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 534
Dimensions: 7039grt, 4889nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 339nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 168465
History:
24/06/1943 Pachesham Steamship Co Ltd (Runciman (London), managers), London
1949 Queen Line Ltd & Cadogan Steamship Co Ltd, Glasgow; renamed QUEEN ANNE
1954 Polish Ocean Lines, Gdynia; renamed MARIAN BUCZEK
30/03/1968 Broken up
Comments: 09/02/1944: Damaged by a torpedo from U-Boat U845 off St John's Newfoundland
Towed in to St John's Nfl, partially flooded & listing
17/08/1944: Sailed for Baltimore for repairs
24/08/1944: Collided with US Liberty ship WILLIAM LEAVITT off Atlantic City New Jersey
Flooding again, she was firstly beached & then towed to Delaware Breakwater for emergency repairs. She then sailed to Baltimore where she was finally repaired
30/03/1968: Broken up by Whampoa at Hong Kong


Above photo as QUEEN ANNE is copyright of Photomarine

Above photo as QUEEN ANNE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as QUEEN ANNE is courtesy of Richard Cox