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Empire Advocate
SS ''Empire Advocate'' was a 5,787 ton steamship which was built in 1913 as the ''Solfels''. She was taken as World War I reparations, war reparations in 1919 and renamed ''Bowes Castle'' in 1920. In 1932 she was sold to Italy, being renamed ''Angelina Lauro'', being seized in 1940 and renamed ''Empire Advocate''. She was scrapped at Bo'ness in 1945. Description The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She was propelled by a NHP triple expansion steam engine which was made by Joh. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde, and which could propel her at . As built, she was 5,821 GRT, 3,641 GRT, and 8,800 DWT. History ''Solfels'' was built by Joh. C. Tecklenborg AG, Bremerhaven, Wesermünde as yard number 255 and launched on 8 April 1913, being completed the following month. She entered service with the Hansa Line, Bremen on 22 May 1913 and served with them for six years until taken as a war prize on 25 May 1919, passing to the British Shipping Controller under the management ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Shipping Controller
Shipping Controller was a post created by the Lloyd George Coalition Government in 1916 under the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916, New Ministries and Secretaries Act (6 & 7 George 5 c.68) to regulate and organize merchant shipping in order to supply the United Kingdom with the materials to fight World War I, the war following severe losses. Shipping Controllers The first Shipping Controller was Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay, Sir Joseph Maclay, later Baron Maclay who was appointed on 10 December 1916. The second Shipping Controller was William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Lord Pirrie from 1918. See also *Minister of Shipping References External links * * *{{cite web , url= http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C874 , title=Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping Divisions , publisher=The National Archives (United Kingdom), The National Archives Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom United Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
