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Umvoti River
Umvoti may refer to: * SS Clan Alpine (1942) ''Clan Alpine'' was a cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as ''Empire Barrie''. She was sold to Clan Line Steamers Ltd in 1947 and served with them until 1957 when she was sold to Bullard, King & Co L ... * Umvoti, KwaZulu-Natal, a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * Umvoti River, a river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Clan Alpine (1942)
''Clan Alpine'' was a cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as ''Empire Barrie''. She was sold to Clan Line Steamers Ltd in 1947 and served with them until 1957 when she was sold to Bullard, King & Co Ltd and renamed ''Umvoti''. In 1959 she was sold back to Clan Line and renamed ''Clan Alpine''. She was sold for scrap in 1960 and wrecked in a cyclone in October 1960 at Chittagong, East Pakistan, finally being scrapped in February 1961. History ''Empire Barrie'' was built by J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland as yard number 615. She was launched on 17 January 1942 and completed in April 1942. ''Empire Barrie'' was built for the MoWT and was initially placed under the management of Allan, Black & Co. In 1944, management passed to Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd. War service In May 1943, ''Empire Barrie'' delivered 24 Spitfire aircraft to Casablanca, Morocco. JL166, JL175, JL 179, JL185, JL188 and JL219. ''Empire Barrie'' was a member of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umvoti, KwaZulu-Natal
Groutville is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Home of the late ANC leader, Chief Albert Luthuli, Home to the late RT Rev j. Mdelwa Hlongwane founder to The Bantu Methodist Church. Mission station several km south-west of Stanger. Established in 1844 by the Reverend Aldin Grout (1803–1894) of the American Missionary Society American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ... and named after him. Formerly it was known as Umvoti. References Populated places in the KwaDukuza Local Municipality 1844 establishments in the Colony of Natal Populated places established in 1844 {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |