Isles type

Isles type

Ship data Ship type Coastal tanker Shipping company MoWT Construction period 1944 to 1945 Units built 4th Cruising areas Coastal drive

Ship dimensions and crew length 43.28 m ( Lüa ) 41.45 m ( Lpp ) width 6.40 m

Machine system machine 1 × diesel engine Top speed 10.0 kn (19 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 300 dw

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register

The Isles type was a series tanker type that was built at British shipyards during World War II . The units belong to the group of Empire ships .

description

The series was built on behalf of the Ministry of War Transport (MOWT). With a length of around 43 meters and a load capacity of around 300 tonnes, the Isles-type design was the smallest standard British tanker type built in series during the Second World War. A diesel engine served as the drive system. All four units were delivered by J. Harker in Knottingley in 1944/45 and were given two-part names with Empire and an attached British Isles name.

The ships

Isles type
Building name	Shipyard / construction number	delivery	Later names and whereabouts
Empire Alderney	Harker / -	1944	-
Empire Lundy	Harker / -	1944	-
Empire Anglesey	Harker / -	1945	-
Empire Guernsey	Harker / -	1945	-
Data:

literature

• Mitchell, William H .; Sawyer, Leonard A .: Empire Ships of World War II . Sea Breezes, Liverpool 1965.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lloyd's Register of Shipping (various years)