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Name: EMPIRE DACE
Type: Ferry
Launched: 11/08/1942
Completed: 10/1942
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1754
Dimensions: 716grt, 268nrt, 179.5 x 40.2 x 11.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 19 & 31 x 21ins), 132nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 165842
History:
10/1942 Ministry of War Transport (Townsend Bros Ferries Ltd), Newcastle
01/12/1944 Sank
Comments: Designed with ramps at both ends & fitted with a 25ton derrick
01/12/1944: Mined & sunk in the entrance to Missolonghi Channel
when inward from Patras with troops, gasoline and lorries


Above photo of the sinking of EMPIRE DACE courtesy of Richard Cox