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List Of Empire Ships - A
''Empire Abbey'' ''Empire Abbey'' was a 7,032 GRT refrigerated cargo ship built in 1943 by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne and managed by Elder & Fyffes Ltd. Sold to Royal Mail Lines and renamed ''Teviot'' in 1946. Sold to Mullion & Co., Hong Kong in 1960 and renamed ''Ardellis''. Sold to Hai An Shipping Co., Hong Kong and renamed ''Tung An'' in 1963. Scrapped in Taiwan in 1967. ''Empire Abercorn'' '' Empire Abercorn'' was an 8,563 GRT refrigerated cargo ship built in 1945 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and managed by the New Zealand Shipping Company of London. Sold to New Zealand Shipping Co. in 1946 and renamed ''Rakaia''. Sold to Federal Steam Navigation Co. in 1966. Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1971. ''Empire Ability'' '' Empire Ability'' was a 7,603 GRT cargo ship built in 1931 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen. Originally owned by Hansa Line, Bremen and named ''Uhenfels''. Captured by HMS ''Hereward'' off Freetown 5 November 1940. Renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Abbey
SS ''Empire Abbey'' was a reefer (ship), refrigerated cargo ship built in 1943 and in service until 1966. She was also known as SS ''Teviot'', SS ''Ardilles'' and SS ''Tung An''. History War service ''Empire Abbey'' was built by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne for the MoWT and launched on 10 December 1943 and completed in March 1944. She was placed under the management of Fyffes Line, Elders & Fyffes Ltd. On 26 April 1944, ''Empire Abbey'' sailed from New York City, New York as part of Convoy HX289, arriving in Liverpool on 13 May. On 23 November 1944, ''Empire Abbey'' sailed from Milford Haven as part of Convoy OS96 bound for Gibraltar, ''Empire Abbey'' was in ballast, with a final destination of Buenos Aires. On 15 February 1945, ''Empire Abbey'' was in a collision with Free French Naval Forces, Free French Ship Free French Ship L'Ardent, ''L'Ardent'' in Cora, Morocco, Cora Harbour which resulted in ''L'Ardent'' being sunk. Postwar In February 1946, ''Empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansa Line
DDG Hansa, short for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (German Steamship Company Hansa; in modern orthography, Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa) was a major German shipping company specialising in heavy freight and scheduled traffic between Europe and the Far East. Founded in Bremen in 1881, the company declared bankruptcy in 1980. History Foundation and early years DDG Hansa was founded on 3 December 1881 at the "constituent general assembly" in Bremen by a consortium of 17 Bremen and 2 Bremerhaven companies,"The DDG Hansa, 1881–1980—a missed centenary", in ''100 Years Ahlers in Antwerp: A family business in a world port'', ed. Christian Leysen and Olivier Boehme, Brussels: ASP/University Press Antwerp, , pp. 24–28p. 24 to provide steamship connections for trade with Asia, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean. The first voyage was by ''Stolzenfels'' from Newcastle to Singapore in February 1882.Raymond Fisch, "The Roots of Heavy Lift Shipping", ''Anchor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Hunter
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. The company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century, most famously which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and which rescued survivors from . In 2006 ''Swan Hunter'' ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services. History Swan & Hunter was founded by George Burton Hunter, who formed a partnership with the widow of Charles Sheridan Swan (the owner of a Wallsend Shipbuilding business established in 1852 by Charles Mitchell) under the name in 1880. In 1903, C.S. Swan & Hunter merged with Wigham Richardson (founded by John Wigham Richardson as Neptune Works in 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbeltown
Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port. The 2018 population estimate was 4,600, indicating a reduction since the 2011 census. History Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran (an anglicization of the Gaelic, which means 'head of the loch by the kirk of Ciarán'), Campbeltown was renamed in the 17th century as ''Campbell's Town'' after Archibald Campbell ( Earl of Argyll) was granted the site in 1667. Campbeltown Town Hall was completed in 1760. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened Campbeltown Lifeboat Station in 1861. The present building dates from 1996. Economy In addition to the benefits of distilling, and whisky tourism, there were two major employers in 2018, Campbeltown Creamery and CS Wind UK, who provided "a substantial portion of the Campbeltown area’s high skilled jobs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for implementing the defence policy set by the government and serves as the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. The MOD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability. The MOD also manages day-to-day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement. The expenditure, administration and policy of the MOD are scrutinised by the Defence Select Committee, except for Defence Intelligence which instead falls under the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. History During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during World War I, concluded that there was a need for greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with List of aircraft carriers in service, eleven in service, one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of 18 July 2023. The U.S. Navy is one of six United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States and one of eight uniformed services of the United States. The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of State For Defence
The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence. As a senior minister, the incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The post of secretary of state for defence was created on 1 April 1964, replacing the positions of minister of defence, first lord of the admiralty, secretary of state for war, and secretary of state for air, while the individual offices of the British Armed Forces were abolished and their functions transferred to the Ministry of Defence. In 2019, Penny Mordaunt became the UK's first female defence secretary. The secretary of state is supported by the other ministers in the Defence Ministerial Team and the MOD permanent secretary. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for defence, and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Defence Select Committee. The curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Admiralty
The Admiralty was a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom that was responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Historically, its titular head was the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of its history, from the early Admiralty in the 18th century, 18th century until its abolition, the role of the Lord High Admiral was almost invariably put "in commission" and exercised by the Lords Commissioner of the Admiralty, who sat on the governing Board of Admiralty, rather than by a single person. The Admiralty was replaced by the Admiralty Board (United Kingdom), Admiralty Board in 1964, as part of the reforms that created the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence and its Navy Department (Ministry of Defence), Navy Department (later Navy Command (Ministry of Defence), Navy Command). Before the Acts of Union 1707, the Office of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two official languages are Maltese language, Maltese and English language, English. The country's capital is Valletta, which is the smallest capital city in the EU by both area and population. It was also the first World Heritage Site, World Heritage City in Europe to become a European Capital of Culture in 2018. With a population of about 542,000 over an area of , Malta is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, tenth-smallest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population density, ninth-most densely populated. Various sources consider the country to consist of a single urban region, for which it is often described as a city-state. Malta has been inhabited since at least 6500 BC, during the Mesolith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse. At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 17,193. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; from 1974 until 2023, it was the administrative centre of the Selby District. Selby once had a large shipbuilding industry, and was an important port on the Selby Canal, which brought trade from Leeds. History Foundation Archaeological investigations in Selby have revealed extensive remains, including waterlogged deposits in the core of the town dating from the Roman period onwards. It is believed that Selby originated as a settlement called Seletun, which was referred to in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD 779. The place name 'Selby' is first attested in a Yorkshire charter , where it appears as ''Seleby''. It appears as ''Selbi'' . The name is thought to be a Scandinavian form of Seletun, meaning ' sallow tree settlement'. Development The town of Sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Ace
''Empire Ace'' was a 275-ton tug which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was transferred to the Admiralty in 1947 and renamed ''Diligent''. She was transferred to the Ministry of Defence in 1961 and reverted to ''Empire Ace''. She ran aground in 1968 and was scrapped in 1971. History ''Empire Ace'' was built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby as yard number 1255. She was launched on 12 September 1942 and completed on 22 December 1942. She was built for the MoWT. ''Empire Ace'' was sent to Malta. She was member of Convoy RS 3 in March 1943. She was a member of Convoy KMS 25 which passed Gibraltar on 19 September 1943. She had sailed from ''Algiers'' with an unrecorded destination, but likely to have been Malta. ''Empire Ace'' was sunk in an air raid on Malta on 15 March 1944. On 10 May she was salvaged and repairs were carried out. In 1947 she was transferred to the Admiralty and renamed ''Diligence''. In 1961, ''Diligence'' was transferred to the Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Submarine U-96 (1940)
German submarine ''U-96'' was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (''Kriegsmarine'') during World War II. It was made famous after the war in Lothar-Günther Buchheim's 1973 bestselling novel ''Das Boot'' and the 1981 Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the same name, both based on his experience on the submarine as a war correspondent in 1941. The keel was laid down on 16 September 1939, by Germaniawerft, of Kiel as yard number 601. She was commissioned on 14 September 1940, with ''Kapitänleutnant'' Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock in command. Lehmann-Willenbrock was relieved in March 1942 by ''Oberleutnant zur See'' Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel, who was relieved in turn in March 1943 by ''Oblt.z.S.'' Wilhelm Peters. In February 1944, ''Oblt.z.S.'' Horst Willner took command, turning the boat over to ''Oblt.z.S.'' Robert Rix in June of that year. Rix commanded the boat until 15 February 1945. Design German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
