Category:Empire Lynx (ship, 1917)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: General cargo ship
- Built by: Texas Steamship Co., Bath, Maine
- Yard No: 1
- Keel laid:
- Launched: 1917.05.24
- Completed: 1917.10
- Length over all: 402.0 ft
- Beam: 54.2 ft
- GT: 6457
- DWT:
- shipbuildinghistory.com
- uboat.net
History
[edit]- 1917 Named Maine; Flag: United States
- Official number: 215581
- Code letters: LHTQ
- Port: New York City
- Owner: U.S. Shipping Board
- 1923 Owner: Fairfield Steamship Company
- Code letters: LHTQ, from 1934 WKCX
- Port: New York City
- 1940 Renamed Empire Lynx; Flag: United Kingdom
- Official number: 168056
- Call sign: GPFB
- Port: London
- Owner: Ministry of War Transport
- Manager: Glover Bros.
- 1942.11.03 Torpedoed and sunk by U-132 55°20′N 40°01′W