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Empire Cabot
''Empire Cabot'' was a cargo ship which was built in 1941 for the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold in 1945 and renamed ''Clearpool''. In 1955 she was sold and renamed ''Grelmarion''. A further change of name to ''Rachel'' happened in 1959 and she was scrapped later that year. Description ''Empire Cabot'' was built by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool for the MoWT. Built as yard number 1118, she was launched on 9 July 1941 and completed in September. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She had a GRT of 6,715 and a NRT of 4,836. She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by the Central Marine Engineering Works, West Hartlepool. The engine drove a single screw propeller and could propel her at . History ''Empire Cabot'' was allocated the United Kingdom Official Number 168929. She used the Code Letters BCPM. She was owned by the MoWT and operated unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gray & Company
William Gray & Company Ltd. was a British shipbuilding company located in West Hartlepool, County Durham, in North East England. Founded in 1863 by John Denton and William Gray as a partnership, it became a private and then a public limited company under the leadership of three generations of the Gray family until finally wound up in 1962. Company history Denton, Gray & Co. In 1839 John Punshon Denton established a shipyard in Middleton, Hartlepool to build and repair wooden-hulled sailing ships. In 1863 Denton entered into a partnership with William Gray, a successful businessman with a chain of stores in Hartlepool, to form Denton, Gray and Company. The shipyard was modernised and extended, and began to build iron-hulled ships. Their first ship was launched on 23 January 1864. In 1865 Denton, Gray and Co. established a new partnership with the shipbuilders Richardson, Duck and Co. of Stockton-on-Tees, and marine engine builders T. Richardson and Sons called Richardson, De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |