SS Empire Conveyor
Cargo ship owned by various countries in service 1917-1940 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Empire Conveyor was a 5,911 GRT shelter deck cargo ship that was built in 1917 as Farnworth by Richardson, Duck and Company,[1] Thornaby-on-Tees, England. After a sale in 1924 she was renamed Illinois. In 1926, she was sold to France, and in 1934 to Greece and was renamed Mount Pentelikon. In 1939, she was sold to Germany and was renamed Gloria.
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Richardson, Duck & Co[1] |
Yard number | 651[2] |
Launched | 20 March 1917 |
Completed | June 1917[1] |
Out of service | 20 June 1940 |
Identification |
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Fate | Torpedoed and sunk |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 400.3 ft (122.0 m)[1] |
Beam | 51.6 ft (15.7 m)[1] |
Draught | 26 feet (7.9 m)[1] |
Depth | 32.9 ft (10.0 m)[1] |
Installed power | 440 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | 3-cylinder Triple expansion steam engine; screw[1] |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Crew | 41 (Empire Conveyor) |
Notes | Laid up 1932–34 |
At the outbreak of the Second World War she was in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She tried to return to Germany but was captured by the Royal Navy, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Conveyor. She served until 20 June 1940 when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-122 off Barra Head.