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was sunk in an air raid on Malta on 15 March 1944. On the 10 May she was salvaged and repairs were carried out. In 1947 she was transferred to the Admiralty and renamed
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as yard number 1255. She was launched on 12 September 1942 and completed on 22 December 1942. She was built for the MoWT.
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was refloated in June 1969 but declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped at Campbeltown in 1971.
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with an unrecorded destination, but likely to have been Malta.
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was transferred to the Ministry of Defence and reverted to
340:. She ran aground in 1968 and was scrapped in 1971. 1720: 1375: 1230: 799: 485: 402:from December 1961 to December 1964, serving in 794:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1944 528:"KMS Convoys – 1942–1945, KMS 1 through KMS 30" 1355: 779: 584: 8: 1362: 1348: 1340: 786: 772: 764: 591: 577: 569: 406:. On 11 November 1968, she ran aground at 378:on 19 September 1943. She had sailed from 1370:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1968 93:Owner operated except: US Navy (1961–64) 455: 453: 451: 447: 422:Official Numbers were a forerunner to 351:was built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, 17: 7: 370:in March 1943. She was a member of 322:(MoWT). She was transferred to the 14: 460:Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1995). 410:in heavy seas and was abandoned. 1854:Maritime incidents in March 1944 1844:Steamships of the United Kingdom 1794: 1789: 1325: 1320: 1308: 1300: 418:Official number and code letters 318:which was built in 1942 for the 216: 209: 202: 195: 117: 104: 1834:Ministry of War Transport ships 1849:Tugboats of the United Kingdom 1: 332:. She was transferred to the 514:"The Lady and the Wolfpack" 255:105.2 ft (32.1 m) 1875: 1859:Maritime incidents in 1968 1784: 1703:Comodoro Augusto Lasserre 1295: 734: 616: 606: 551:Lloyd's Register of Ships 320:Ministry of War Transport 271:12.2 ft (3.7 m) 263:26.6 ft (8.1 m) 235: 136:Cochrane & Sons Ltd, 63:Ministry of War Transport 24: 20: 559:Southampton City Council 398:. She was loaned to the 336:in 1961 and reverted to 1595:August (unknown date): 294:triple-expansion engine 236:General characteristics 1839:Ships sunk by aircraft 1500:April (unknown date): 326:in 1947 and renamed 69:Ministry of Transport 1824:Ships built in Selby 512:Mackenzie, Duncan. 334:Ministry of Defence 81:Ministry of Defence 1183:Patrol Boat No. 31 608:By suffix, Empire 492:Miramar Ship Index 366:She was member of 1806: 1805: 1337: 1336: 761: 760: 307: 306: 155:19 September 1942 1866: 1798: 1793: 1777: 1767: 1757: 1746: 1735: 1713: 1695: 1685: 1682:Jesse Rutherford 1674: 1664: 1654: 1644: 1633: 1622: 1612: 1602: 1591: 1581: 1571: 1560: 1549: 1538: 1528: 1518: 1507: 1496: 1486: 1476: 1465: 1454: 1444: 1434: 1431:Kingston Peridot 1424: 1413: 1403: 1392: 1364: 1357: 1350: 1341: 1329: 1324: 1312: 1304: 1288: 1271: 1261: 1251: 1223: 1193: 1187: 1162: 1152: 1135: 1124: 1114: 1092: 1076: 1066: 1049: 1039: 1017: 1001: 979: 957: 917: 890:William B. 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In 1961, 368:Convoy RS 3 144:Yard number 1819:1942 ships 1813:Categories 1661:Empire Ace 1641:Archerfish 1410:St Romanus 1377:Shipwrecks 1331:April 1944 1248:Sand Lance 1207:Stonehenge 1200:Goshū Maru 992:Empire Ace 801:Shipwrecks 750:Ocean ship 736:See also: 534:1 February 497:1 February 442:References 428:Empire Ace 412:Empire Ace 396:Empire Ace 384:Empire Ace 357:Empire Ace 349:Empire Ace 338:Empire Ace 311:Empire Ace 287:Propulsion 48:Empire Ace 36:Empire Ace 1754:Swordfish 1752:USS  1741:USS  1730:HMS  1680:USS  1639:USS  1597:USS  1588:Amaryllis 1566:USS  1557:Devilfish 1555:USS  1525:Riachuelo 1513:USS  1502:USS  1471:USS  1460:USS  1419:INS  1387:USS  1277:USS  1246:USS  1212:HMS  1205:HMS  1174:HMS  1141:HMS  1130:USS  1055:HMS  1008:Shirakumo 882:USS  811:HMS  746:Park ship 738:Fort ship 487:"1169078" 436:call sign 392:Diligence 388:Diligence 376:Gibraltar 324:Admiralty 244:274  189:call sign 160:Completed 126:(1947–71) 113:(1942–47) 83:(1961–71) 77:(1947–61) 75:Admiralty 71:(1946–47) 65:(1942–46) 50:(1961–71) 44:(1947–61) 38:(1942–47) 1774:Cossatot 1771:15 Jun: 1761:24 May: 1750:17 Mar: 1739:23 Jan: 1728:12 Jan: 1689:24 Dec: 1668:24 Nov: 1658:11 Nov: 1651:Sitakund 1648:21 Oct: 1637:19 Oct: 1626:16 Oct: 1616:15 Oct: 1585:22 Aug: 1575:18 Aug: 1564:17 Aug: 1553:14 Aug: 1546:Mackinac 1542:23 Jul: 1522:30 Jun: 1515:Scorpion 1511:21 May: 1490:10 Apr: 1458:20 Feb: 1438:27 Jan: 1428:26 Jan: 1417:23 Jan: 1407:11 Jan: 1400:Coos Bay 1275:29 Mar: 1265:18 Mar: 1255:10 Mar: 1166:30 Mar: 1156:29 Mar: 1139:28 Mar: 1132:Tullibee 1128:26 Mar: 1118:25 Mar: 1096:24 Mar: 1080:23 Mar: 1070:22 Mar: 1063:Seydlitz 1053:20 Mar: 1043:19 Mar: 1021:17 Mar: 1005:16 Mar: 983:15 Mar: 961:13 Mar: 921:11 Mar: 880:10 Mar: 404:Scotland 329:Diligent 152:Launched 90:Operator 42:Diligent 1732:Artemis 1678:8 Dec: 1609:Alhelal 1606:4 Oct: 1535:Humaitá 1532:9 Jul: 1480:8 Mar: 1473:Bayonne 1469:1 Mar: 1462:Saufley 1441:Minerve 1396:9 Jan: 1385:7 Jan: 1241:Karatsu 1238:3 Mar: 1176:Laforey 1073:Cattaro 986:Dupleix 970:Tatsuta 930:Fresnel 924:Dupleix 884:Leopold 864:6 Mar: 854:5 Mar: 844:4 Mar: 809:1 Mar: 400:US Navy 380:Algiers 344:History 241:Tonnage 133:Builder 25:History 1743:Pueblo 1710:Dexter 1708:USCGC 1692:Azuero 1599:Condor 1544:USCGC 1504:Motive 1493:Wahine 1448:4 Feb: 1398:USCGC 1279:Gunnel 1214:Syrtis 1169:Akashi 1149:Tulagi 1143:Syrtis 1111:U-1102 1046:U-1059 1036:U-1013 964:Peleus 954:UIT-22 936:Pascal 468:  438:MFLY. 252:Length 185:169078 124:London 1671:Dumbo 1630:Alvin 1483:K-129 1421:Dakar 1268:I-165 1258:I-185 1220:U-851 1190:U-223 1159:U-961 1121:U-976 1089:U-575 1057:Graph 1030:U-801 1014:U-392 998:U-653 976:U-575 948:U-410 942:U-380 914:U-845 908:U-625 902:U-450 896:U-343 873:U-973 867:U-744 857:U-366 847:U-472 837:U-709 831:U-603 825:U-358 813:Gould 721:Th–Ty 716:Ta–Te 711:Si–Sy 706:Sa–Sh 636:Co–Cy 631:Ca–Cl 555:(PDF) 361:Malta 353:Selby 300:screw 268:Depth 138:Selby 111:Goole 57:Owner 1800:1969 1787:1967 1764:K-27 1701:ARA 1628:DSV 1568:Traw 1314:1945 1306:1944 1298:1943 1285:I-26 1099:I-32 1083:I-42 1024:U-28 536:2009 499:2009 466:ISBN 298:1 × 292:1 × 279:132 260:Beam 228:Fate 147:1255 30:Name 726:U–Z 666:I–J 363:. 316:tug 281:NHP 246:GRT 181:UK 1815:: 1706:, 1282:, 1244:, 1217:, 1210:, 1203:, 1179:, 1172:, 1146:, 1108:, 1102:, 1086:, 1060:, 1033:, 1027:, 1011:, 995:, 989:, 973:, 967:, 951:, 945:, 939:, 933:, 927:, 911:, 905:, 899:, 893:, 887:, 870:, 834:, 828:, 816:, 752:, 748:, 744:, 740:, 490:. 450:^ 426:. 1363:e 1356:t 1349:v 1186:, 821:, 787:e 780:t 773:v 756:. 701:R 696:P 691:O 686:N 681:M 676:L 671:K 661:H 656:G 651:F 646:E 641:D 626:B 621:A 610:x 592:e 585:t 578:v 561:. 538:. 501:. 474:.

Index

Ministry of War Transport
Ministry of Transport
Admiralty
Ministry of Defence
United Kingdom
Goole
United Kingdom
London
Selby
official number
call sign




GRT
NHP
triple-expansion engine
screw
tug
Ministry of War Transport
Admiralty
Ministry of Defence
Selby
Malta
Convoy RS 3
Convoy KMS 25
Gibraltar
US Navy
Scotland

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