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The ship was 432 feet 2 inches (131.72 m) long, with a beam of 56 feet 2 inches (17.12 m) and a depth of 34 feet 2 inches (10.41 m). She had a GRT of 7,069 and a NRT of 5,194.
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The ship was built by
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead as yard number 1061. She was launched on 28 July 1941 and completed in August.
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was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of Capper, Alexander & Co Ltd. Her port of registry was
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In 1963, she was sold to the St Merryn
Shipping Co, and placed under the management of C Moller & Co, Hong Kong.
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Convoy SC 59 departed from Sydney, Cape Breton on 10 December 1941 and arrived at
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on 9 July 1943. It joined Convoy SL 132 at sea on 10 July and arrived at
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630:. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd.
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was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.
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on 8 December 1941 and arrived at
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on 4 December 1941 and arrived at
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was listed in this convoy, but sailed with Convoy SC 59.
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Alexander Shipping Co Ltd and was renamed
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16:World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom
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782:"Spitfire aircraft production page 039"
760:"Spitfire aircraft production page 037"
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381:triple expansion steam engine
291:Triple expansion steam engine
92:Red Anchor Line Ltd (1958-64)
71:Red Anchor Line Ltd (1958-64)
527:Convoy MKS 16 departed from
468:Convoy HX 164 departed from
379:The ship was propelled by a
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448:Convoy SC 58 departed from
356:. In 1958, she was sold to
326:which was built in 1941 by
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434:168801 were allocated.
228:General characteristics
397:inches (60 cm),
322:was a 7,069 GRT
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513:Supermarine Spitfire
338:(MoWT). During the
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114:Liverpool (1941-46)
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342:, she served as a
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568:Isabel Erica
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562:and renamed
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158:28 July 1941
51:Isabel Erica
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39:Empire Clive
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1080:Empire Wave
1073:Empire Tide
1003:Empire Morn
996:Empire Moon
968:Empire Gale
954:Empire Foam
926:Empire Dell
784:. Spitfires
762:. Spitfires
511:loaded ten
474:Nova Scotia
454:Cape Breton
368:Description
254:5,194
248:7,069
166:August 1941
147:Yard number
1332:1941 ships
1326:Categories
1308:Ocean ship
1294:See also:
1094:Kafiristan
1087:Helencrest
1066:Empire Sun
1024:Empire Ray
933:Empire Eve
919:Empire Day
884:Daltonhall
574:References
552:Charlebury
539:bound for
537:phosphates
353:Charlebury
332:Birkenhead
324:cargo ship
296:Propulsion
237:Cargo ship
45:Charlebury
1342:CAM ships
1304:Park ship
1296:Fort ship
1101:Michael E
877:Daghestan
869:The ships
862:CAM ships
646:cite book
560:Hong Kong
546:In 1946,
529:Gibraltar
498:Avonmouth
424:Liverpool
358:Hong Kong
163:Completed
53:(1958-69)
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41:(1941-46)
1108:Novelist
819:22 April
788:22 April
766:22 April
744:22 April
722:22 April
700:22 April
678:22 April
604:cite web
594:22 April
502:Somerset
494:CAM ship
344:CAM ship
334:for the
304:Armament
223:Scrapped
155:Launched
81:Operator
541:Glasgow
470:Halifax
415:History
406:⁄
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243:Tonnage
139:Builder
28:History
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523:MKS 16
464:HX 164
450:Sydney
426:. The
264:Length
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1274:Ta–Te
1269:Si–Sy
1264:Sa–Sh
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1189:Ca–Cl
672:(PDF)
517:Malta
484:SC 59
444:SC 58
280:Depth
60:Owner
821:2010
790:2010
768:2010
746:2010
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702:2010
680:2010
652:link
632:ISBN
610:link
596:2010
272:Beam
233:Type
220:Fate
150:1061
33:Name
1284:U–Z
1224:I–J
256:NRT
250:GRT
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