TED type

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Channel tanker p1
Ship data
Ship type Coastal tanker
Shipping company MoWT
Construction period 1945 to 1946
Units built 9
Cruising areas Coastal drive
Ship dimensions and crew
length
61.26 m ( Lüa )
58.83 m ( Lpp )
width 10.36 (9.75) m
Machine system
machine 1 × diesel engine
Top
speed 		10.0 kn (19 km / h)
propeller 1 × fixed propeller
Transport capacities
Load capacity 900 tdw
Others
Classifications Lloyd's Register

The TED-type (derived from T anchor, E astern, D iesel) was a series tank vessel type , which during the Second World War was built on British shipyards. The units belong to the group of Empire ships .

description

The series was built on behalf of the Ministry of War Transport (MOWT) to be used for service with the South East Asia Command (SEAC) in the Far East. The design of the TED standard tanker with a length of around 61 meters, a load capacity of around 900 tonnes, superstructures arranged somewhat in front of amidships and an engine room located aft resembled contemporary tankers. The cargo tanks formed a so-called trunk in the ship's hull , an elevation that ran from the forecastle under the deckhouse and extended well beyond the main deck to the raised poop . A diesel engine served as the drive system. All units were delivered in 1945/46 and were given two-part names with empire and an appended term that began with the prefix Ted . The construction series of a total of 9 units was carried out by the two Sunderlander shipyards Sir James Laing and Sons and Short's , as well as the Grangemouth Dockyard Company in Grangemouth and A. & J. Inglis in Glasgow. In 1945 the Inglis shipyard built four additional identical ships of the type, which were classified differently and named differently, a further six ships were ordered in 1946 or were under construction, but were canceled.

The ships

TED type
Building name Shipyard / construction number delivery Later names and whereabouts
Empire Tedassa Laing's / - - -
Empire Tedburgh Shorts/- - -
Empire Tedilla Laing's / - - -
Empire Tedlora Shorts/- - -
Empire Tedson Grangemouth / - - -
Empire Tedmuir Inglis / - - -
Empire Tedport Inglis / - - -
Empire Tedrita Inglis / - - -
Empire Tedship Inglis / - - -
Empire Belgrave Inglis / - - -
Empire Campden Inglis / - - -
Empire Fitzroy Inglis / - - -
Empire Grosvenor Inglis / - - -
Empire tedelles Inglis / - - Construction canceled
Empire Tedfay Inglis / - - Construction canceled
Empire Tedflora Inglis / - - Construction canceled
Empire Tedlake - / - - Construction canceled
Empire Tedmont Inglis / - - Construction canceled
Empire tedrose Inglis / - - Construction canceled
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)