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Name: MORAY FIRTH launched as EMPIRE PITCAIRN
Type: Repair Ship
Launched: 10/07/1944
Completed: 02/11/1945
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 542
Dimensions: 10680dwt, 7333grt, 4222nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 35.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins)
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148816
History:
16/07/1945 The Admiralty
20/04/1948 Stag Line Ltd, North Shields; renamed LINARIA
1954 Chellew Navigation Co Ltd, London; renamed ESKGLEN
1956 Esk Shipping Co Ltd, London
1961 Fortune Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed MARINE FORTUNE
1961 Herald Shipping Co Ltd, London
08/06/1967 Broken up
Comments: Launched for the Ministry of War Transport as EMPIRE PITCAIRN
17/10/1944: Taken over by the Admiralty before completion
Converted into an aircraft repair & maintenance ship by Readhead
Carried 2 x lighters to transport aero engines for repair
Engines being tested in the two hangars could the propel anchored ship in circles
16/07/1945: Commissioned as HMS MORAY FIRTH; allocated pennant F62
1948: Converted back to a cargo ship by Tyne Dock Engineering Co Ltd
08/06/1967: Broken up at Yokosuka


Above photo as completed as MORAY FIRTH is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo as MORAY FIRTH is copyright of the Imperial War Museum. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as LINARIA is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as LINARIA is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as ESKGLEN is courtesy of Richard Cox