Empire Malta class
The Empire Malta class was a series of ten standard British cargo steamers built at the William Gray & Company shipyard in West Hartlepool during and shortly after the end of World War II . They belong to the group of Empire ships .
details
The Empire Malta class was built in 1944/45 to a design by the Merchant Shipping Department of the British Admiralty . The name was derived from the type ship Empire Malta . The ship type had a deadweight of around 4130 tons and reached a speed of eleven knots. The arrangement of the ships with superstructures slightly forward of amidships and the engine room aft was similar to that of contemporary tankers. It was chosen because the ships are not only used for the transport of general cargo and heavy cargo but also for bulk cargo and crate oilwere constructed and the risk of fire when transporting the latter cargo with the machinery located aft was estimated to be lower. The loading gear consisted of an 80-tonne heavy-lift boom , a 50-tonne heavy-lift boom and eight 3-tonne booms .
The ships (selection)
| Empire Malta class | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship name | Build number | IMO number | delivery | Client (ship management) |
Renaming and whereabouts |
| Empire Malta | 1167 | 5332070 | May 1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Cayzer, Irvine & Co.) |
1946 Hangsang , 1960 Slight Wind , 1965 Sunbeam , scrapped in Kaohsiung on November 30, 1970 |
| Empire Perlis | 1168 | no | July 1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Cayzer, Irvine & Co.) |
1946 Hinsang , 1965 Kowloon , 1968 Horis , on December 29, 1969 en route from Surabaja to Hong Kong at position 03.53 ° N; 119.23 ° E down |
| Empire Newfoundland | 1169 | 5141562 | September 1944 | Ministry of War Transport (H. Hogarth & Sons) |
1949 Ethel Everard , 1954 Hop Sang , 1962 Hang Sang , 1968 Hoi Soon , canceled from March 15, 1970 in Hong Kong |
| Empire Labrador | 1170 | 5151830 | October 1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Lambert Bros.) |
1947 Incharran , 1955 Ho Sang , 1968 Golden River , arrived in Sakaide on April 7, 1970 for demolition |
| Empire Bermuda | 1173 | 5150068 | November 1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Jos. Constantine SS Line) |
1949 Hewsang , 1963 Sunshine , scrapped in Kaohsiung in 1970 |
| Empire Jamaica | 1174 | 5090957 | January 1945 | Ministry of War Transport (Lambert Bros.) |
1952 Westway , 1958 Djajapratama , canceled from December 23, 1970 in Hong Kong |
| Empire Barbados | 1178 | no | March 1945 | Ministry of War Transport (Jos. Constantine SS Line) |
1948 Tennyson , 1950 Berylstone , 1959 Manticos , on October 8, 1963 on the voyage from Libreville to the eastern Mediterranean, off Guinea-Bissau in position 11.10 ° N; 016.29 ° W lost |
| Empire Caicos | 1179 | no | May 1945 | Ministry of War Transport (H. Hogarth & Sons) |
1950 Sugar Transporter , 1957 Pattawilya , 1962 Clovelly , arrived in Uchiumi for scrapping on May 13, 1967 |
| Empire Aldgate | 1180 | no | July 1945 | Ministry of War Transport (Glen & Co.) |
1948 Thackeray , 1951 Sugar Refiner , 1958 San Patricio , 1965 San Miguel , launched in Tarragona from October 1965, scrapped in Cartagena from September 1967 |
| Empire Southwark | 1181 | no | September 1945 | Ministry of War Transport (Turner, Brightman & Co.) |
1946 Tempo , 1961 Nagusena , on October 17, 1967 on the journey from Stettin to Esbjerg with coal, about four nautical miles from Esbjerg in position 55.23 ° N; 008.06 ° E decreased |
| Data: Teesbuiltships, Hartlepoolbuilt | |||||
literature
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA: Empire Ships of World War II . Sea Breezes, Liverpool 1965.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teesbuiltships home page (English)
- ↑ Hartlepoolbuilt home page ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
