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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| EMPIRE ZEPHYR |
168675 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1941 |
07/03/1941 |
04/1941 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
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432 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 6327 grt / 4592 nrt / |
407.0 ft |
54.7 ft |
33.2 ft |
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| Engine builder |
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| T3cyl (23.5, 37.5, 68 x 48in), 1-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Ministry of War Transport - Kaye, Son & Co. Ltd., London |
Glasgow |
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| Other names |
| 1946 VALEWOOD - 1949 AMPLEFORTH |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1944 managers Kelston S.S. Co. Ltd. - John I. Jacobs & Co. Ltd., London
1946 Kelston S.S. Co. Ltd. - John I. Jacobs & Co. Ltd., London
1949 Ampleforth S.S. Co. Ltd. - Chas. Cravos & Co., Cardiff |
| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1959 |
Broken Up 12/08/1959 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Arrived at Port Glasgow for breaking by Smith & Houston Ltd. |
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Ampleforth
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