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