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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
EMPIRE CELIA |
168757 |
GBR |
5171311 |
Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1943 |
07/02/1943 |
04/1943 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Scotstoun |
441 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
7025 grt / 4856 nrt / 10315 dwt |
431.3 ft |
56.3 ft |
35.2 ft |
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Engine builder |
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (24½"39"70"x48") 220lb 506nhp 1-screw. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Ministry of War Transport - Connell & Grace Ltd., Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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Other names |
1947 PUTNEY HILL - 1949 FOREST HILL - 1950 LONDON STATESMAN - 1951 MORELLA - 1951 JEDNOSC |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1947 Putney Hill S.S. Co. Ltd. - Counties Ship Management Co. Ltd., London - reg London 1949 London and Overseas Freighters Ltd, London - same managers 1951 Far Eastern and Panama Transport Corp., Panama - Wheelock, Marden & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong 1951 Compañia Istmena de Transportes Maritimos S.A., Panama 1951 Polskie Linie Oceanicze, Gdynia |
Vessel history |
5/1946 chartered to Putney Hill Steamship Co Ltd, then purchased. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1963 |
Broken Up 15/05/1963 |
Disposal Detail |
29/04/1963 arrived Hong Kong for breaking by Lee Sing Co. 15/05/1963 breaking commenced |
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EMPIRE CELIA
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
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As PUTNEY HILL
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
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As JEDNOSC
Image courtesy of : Coll. of Malcolm Cranfield
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