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Empire Ayr
''Dmitry Donskoy'' was a 5,061-ton German cargo ship which was built in 1943 as ''Eberhart Essberger''. Taken as a British prize (law), war prize in 1945, she was renamed ''Empire Ayr''. She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 and served until scrapped in 1974. History ''Eberhart Essberger'' was built by Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, and launched on 11 May 1943. She was completed on 20 January 1944. She was built for J T Essberger, Hamburg. ''Eberhart Essberger'' participated in Operation Hannibal in January 1945. She was taken as a war prize in Kiel in May 1945 and ownership passed to the British Ministry of War Transport. She operated under the management of F C Strick & Co Ltd. In 1946, 'Empire Ayr' brought the first consignment of of date (fruit), dates to reach Liverpool that year. Later that year, she was allocated to the Soviet Union and renamed ''Dimtry Donskoy'' (Дмитрий Донской). She was operated by the Baltic Shipping Co, Leningrad, and served until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Öresundsvarvet
Öresundsvarvet was a Swedish shipyard in Landskrona that was established in 1915 and largely phased out between 1980 and 1982. Foundation Öresundsvarvet was constituted on 16 December 1915 by Gothenburg shipbuilder, Arthur Du Rietz. During a visit to Landskrona, Du Rietz heard that the city wanted to complement its industry with a shipyard. The authorities suggested an area alongside the harbor called Sydpiren, which was then under water. Du Rietz was contracted to build a shipyard with two slipways on a plot, above sea level. The city committed to provide a long railway embankment and a berth. Du Rietz pledged to immediately then build a shipyard with two slipways. Construction began in 1916 and included a large dry dock in length. As World War I wasn't resolved in "a few months" (which was the general assumption by most people in the summer of 1914), there was a period of an increasing demand, both for more vessels in general, as well as an equal demand of more ''moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
