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Name: EMPIRE DRAYTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/10/1941
Completed: 02/1942
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1641
Dimensions: 7023grt, 4247nrt, 432.5 x 56.2 x 34.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 39 & 66 x 45in), 512nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 165826
History:
02/1942 Ministry of War Transport (Headlam & Son), Newcastle
1942 Belgian Government, Antwerp; renamed BELGIAN SAILOR
1946 Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp
1946 Renamed CAPITAINE BIEBUYCK
1958 Kvanerska Plovidba, Rijeka; renamed KASTAV
1963 Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovidba, Rijeka
1965 Ivory Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed IVORY TELLUS
1968 Registered at Beirut
22/04/1970 Broken up
Comments: 22/04/1970: Arrived at Hirao for breaking up by Matsukura Maritime Co


Above photo as CAPITAINE BIEBUYCK courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as IVORY TELLUS copyright of Urs O Honegger