Empire Test

EMPIRE TEST - IMO : 1181839

Built 1922, by J Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Belgium (Yard No. 563) as THYSVILLE

GRT : 8176 / DWT : ??

Overall Length : 133.8 metres x Beam 17.4 metres.

Machinery : 2 Screw each driven by a Quadruple-Expansion Steam Engine

Speed : 14.0 knots

 

History POR = Port of Registry

1922: THYSVILLE : Cie Belge Maritime du Congo SA : POR Antwerp

1931: THYSVILLE : Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA : POR Antwerp

1947: EMPIRE TEST : British Govt : MOWT, London [managed by Lamport & Holt Line] : POR London

1953 : Broken up at Faslane by Metal Industries.

 

EMPIRE TEST photographed between 1947-53.

Ship Details : Miramar - May 2020

 

 

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