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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
EMPIRE WILSON |
169418 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1944 |
18/08/1944 |
12/1944 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Motor Vessel |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Scotstoun |
446 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
9916 grt / 7118 nrt / |
475.7 ft |
64.3 ft |
40.0 ft |
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Engine builder |
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
Oil engine. 2SCSA. 1201NHP. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Ministry of War Transport - Stanley & John Thompson Ltd., Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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Other names |
1946 KENILWORTH CASTLE |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1946 Union-Castle Mail S.S. Co. Ltd., London |
Vessel history |
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Remarks |
Standard Fast Cargo Liner class. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1967 |
Broken Up 31/07/1967 |
Disposal Detail |
Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking. |
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Kenilworth Castle
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