Name: | EMPIRE GREY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/03/1944 |
Completed: | 05/1944 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 539 |
Dimensions: | 6140grt, 4058nrt, 405.8 x 53.5 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 37.5 & 68 x 48ins) |
Engines by: | Hick, Hargreaves & Co Ltd, Bolton |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 180218 |
History: | |
05/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Meldrum & Swinson Ltd, managers), South Shields |
1947 | Zinal Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed BURHILL |
1951 | Barberry's Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed CHEPMAN |
1951 | Golden Cross Line Ltd, London; renamed LONDON CITY |
1957 | The Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd, Bombay; renamed JAG JANANI |
01/01/1961 | Broken up |
Comments: | 01/01/1961: Broken up by Abid & Co at Bombay |
Above photo as EMPIRE GREY, dated 31/05/1944, is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries
Above photo as BURHILL is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Above photo as CHEPMAN is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as CHEPMAN is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as CHEPMAN is courtesy of Richard Cox