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Name: EMPIRE FLAG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/06/1943
Completed: 29/10/1943
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 4
Dimensions: 10300dwt, 7024grt, 4734nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 542mn
Engines by: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169169
History:
29/10/1943 Ministry of War Transport (New Zealand Shipping Co, managers); registered at Newcastle
1946 Ministry of Transport
1946 Donaldson Atlantic Line Ltd, Glasgow; renamed CARMIA
1949 Donaldson Line Ltd, Glasgow
1954 Blue Star Line Ltd, London; renamed VICTORIA STAR
1955 Douglas SS Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed INCHEARN
26/03/1966 Broken up
Comments: A standard B Type emergency ship
26/03/1966: Broken up at Izumi-Ohtsu, Japan


Above photo as CARMIA courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as CARMIA copyright of Stuart Smith

Above photo as VICTORIA STAR courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as INCHEARN copyright of Malcolm Cranfield