Category:Empire Crown (ship, 1944)

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Ship

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  • Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
  • Yard: South Shields
  • Type: Cargo Ship
  • Yard Number: 537
  • Launched: 16/10/1943
  • Completed: 01/1944
  • Dimensions: 7070grt, 4905nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft
  • Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 510mn
  • Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
  • Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
  • Construction: Steel
  • Reg Number: 169054

History

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  • 1944 Named: EMPIRE CROWN
  • 01/1944 Ministry of War Transport (J & C Harrison Ltd, managers), South Shields
  • 1945 Government of France (Min de la Marine Marchande); renamed CAPITAINE G LACOLEY
  • 1945 Managed by Heuzey & Chastellain, Rouen
  • 1948 Cie des Transportes Maritimes et Fluviaux, Rouen
  • 1961 Mparmpapetros Shipping Co SA, Panama; renamed MPARMPA PETROS
  • 21/05/1963: Wrecked off Porto de Pedras, Brazil, on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Naples, with a cargo of grain

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