Empire Baffin

Empire Baffin

Ship data flag  United Kingdom (1941–60) Greece (1960–63)   other ship names HMS Sancroft (1943-46) Clintonia (1946-60) Aspis (1960-63) Ship type Cargo ship Owner Ministry of War Transport (1941–43) Royal Navy (1943–46) Ministry of War Transport (1946) Stag Line Ltd (1946–60) Alcestis Shipping Co SA (1960–63) Shipyard Lithgows, Port Glasgow Build number 958 Launch August 28, 1941 Commissioning October 1941

Ship dimensions and crew length 131.37 m ( Lüa ) width 17.12 m Draft Max. 10.41 m measurement 6978 GRT   crew 23

Machine system machine Triple expansion machine Machine performance 439 hp (323 kW) propeller 1

The Empire Baffin was a British cargo ship . It belonged to the group of Empire ships and, after its completion in 1941, often drove in northern sea convoys to deliver essential war goods to the Soviet Union . In total, she took part in 45 convoys during the Second World War.

history

The British Ministry of War Transport was the Empire Baffin in Lithgow - shipyard in Port Glasgow in order. On August 28, 1941 took place Launched in October 1941, the entry into service.

Then she drove in the northern sea convoys, among other things, goods essential to the war effort across the North Sea and Barents Sea to the Soviet Union.

Convoy	time	Port of departure	Destination port
PQ 2	October 1941	Liverpool ( location )	Arkhangelsk ( location )
QP 3	November 1941	Arkhangelsk	?
WN 218	December 1941	Oban ( location )	Methil ( location )
FS 676	December 1941	Methil	Southend ( location )
FN 618	January 1942	Southend	Methil
PQ 11	February 1942	Kirkwall ( location )	Murmansk ( location )
EN 41	February 1942	Methil	Oban
WN 267	April 1942	Loch Ewe ( location )	Methil
FS 774	April 1942	Methil	Southend
RU 17	April 1942	Reykjavík ( location )	Loch Ewe
UR 23	May 1942	Loch Ewe	Reykjavík
PQ 16	May 1942	Reykjavík	Murmansk
QP 9	May 1942	Kola Bay	Reykjavík
FN 698	May 1942	Southend	Methil
EN 81	May 1942	Methil	Oban
QP 13	June 1942	Arkhangelsk	Reykjavík
WN 307	July 1942	Loch Ewe	Methil
FS 853	July 1942	Methil	Southend
FN 772	July 1942	Southend	Methil
UR 48	August 1942	Loch Ewe	Reykjavík
PQ 18	September 1942	Loch Ewe	Arkhangelsk
QP 15	November 1942	Kola Bay	Reykjavík
WN 368	December 1942	Loch Ewe	Methil
FS 979	December 1942	Methil	Southend
RU 59	January 1943	Reykjavík	Loch Ewe
JW 52	January 1943	Loch Ewe	Kola Bay
FN 916	January 1943	Southend	Methil
EN 185	January 1943	Methil	Loch Ewe
JW 53	February 1943	Loch Ewe	Kola Bay
WN 401	March 1943	Loch Ewe	Methil
ON 175	March 1943	Liverpool	new York
EN 207	March 1943	Methil	Loch Ewe
WN 435	May 1943	Loch Ewe	Methil
SC 131	May 1943	Halifax	Liverpool
FN 1050	June 1943	Southend	Methil
EN 247	June 1943	Methil	Loch Ewe
FN 1055	June 1943	Southend	Methil
FS 1132	June 1943	Methil	Southend
XB 64	July 1943	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal
ONS 12	July 1943	Liverpool	Halifax
BX 71	August 1943	Boston	Halifax
SC 141	September 1943	Halifax	Liverpool
WN 481	September 1943	Loch Ewe	Methil
FS 1225	September 1943	Methil	Southend

literature

Sawyer, LA, Mitchell, WH: The Empire Ships . Lloyd's of London Press Ltd, London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong 1995, ISBN 1-85044-275-4 , pp. 86, 286, 396 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arnold Hague Convoy Database , accessed August 22, 2014.

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