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