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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| EMPIRE GLEN |
168682 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1941 |
24/05/1941 |
07/1941 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer 3 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Scotstoun |
433 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 6327 grt / / |
407.0 ft |
54.7 ft |
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33 ft 3in |
| Engine builder |
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| 1-screw, T3cyl, 10 knots |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Ministry of War Transport - Clark & Service, Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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| Other names |
| 1945 AYLESBURY - 1948 WEST WALES - 1961 PERSIAN XERXES |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1944 managers Capper, Alexander & Co., London.
1945 Alexander Shipping Co. Ltd., London
1947 managers Houlder Brothers and Co. Ltd.
1948 West Wales Steamship Co. Ltd. - Gibbs & Co., Cardiff / Newport
1960 Iranian Lloyd Co. Ltd., Khorramshahr |
| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1964 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
| 09/1964 sold to Frank Rijsdijk for breaking at F.Rijsdijk-Holland N.V., Hendrik~Ido~Ambacht |
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As WEST WALES
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
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As PERSIAN XERXES at Hull
Image courtesy of : Charlie Hill
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