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Name: EMPIRE SEAFORTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1945
Completed: 03/1945
Builder: Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 15
Dimensions: 518grt, 294nrt, 142.5 x 27.1 x 16.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCDA, 6cyl (10 x 13ins), 330bhp
Engines by: National Gas & Oil Engine Co, Ashton-under-Lyne
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169192
History:
03/1945 Ministry of War Transport (James Fisher & Sons Ltd), Newcastle
1947 Seaway Coasters Ltd, Newcastle; renamed SEAFORTH
1951 Seaway Coasters Ltd (James Fisher & Sons), Newcastle
1951 Renamed HALFAYA
1955 L Savon & Ries (Aden Shipping) Co Ltd, Aden; renamed BEIHAN
1963 Yousuf Ubaydli, Bahrein
1968 Abdul Razak Mohamed Saleh Al Haddad, Dubai
No further history known
Comments: A standard coaster of the ‘Shelt’ type designed for service in the Far East.
1996: Deleted from Lloyd’s Register as ‘existence in doubt’


Above photo as SEAFORTH courtesy of Photoship