SS Drakensberg Castle
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The Empire Allenby was a 9,904 ton cargo liner which was built in 1944. She was renamed Drakensberg Castle in 1946, and scrapped in 1959.
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Builder | J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
Yard number | 633 |
Launched | 18 October 1944 |
Completed | June 1945 |
Out of service | 5 August 1959 |
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Fate | Scrapped in Hong Kong September 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 9,904 GRT |
Length | 475 ft 4 in (144.88 m) |
Beam | 64 ft 1 in (19.53 m) |
Depth | 40 ft (12.19 m) |
Propulsion | 2 x steam turbines double reduction geared driving one screw |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
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