''Pompeji'' was a cargo ship which was built in 1939 by
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft,
Flensburg
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, Germany. She was seized as a
war prize
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in 1945 and renamed ''Empire Blackwater''. Ownership passed to the British
Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and then the
United States Maritime Commission
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(USMC). In 1949 she was sold to a
Danish
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company and renamed ''Krusaa''. She was sold in 1960 to a
Finnish company and renamed ''Krucia'' and later ''Helvi''. In 1969 she was sold to a
Panama
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nian company and renamed ''Eastern Faith''. She was scrapped in 1975.
Description
The ship was a cargo ship. She was built by Flensburger Schiffbau Geschellshaft, Flensburg,
as yard number 450. The ship was launched as ''Pompeji'' on 11 October 1939 and completed in February 1940.
She was long, with a beam of and a depth of .
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Career
''Pompeji''
''Pompeji'' was built for Deutsche Levante Linie AG,
Hamburg
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Hamburgian(s)
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, which was her port of registry. In 1942, she was sold to Bick, Godeffroy & Co, Hamburg.
[ ''Pompeji'' was seized as a war prize in ]Kiel
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Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...
in 1945.[
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''Empire Blackwater''
Ownership passed to the MoWT and the ship was renamed ''Empire Blackwater''.[ Her port of registry was changed to ]London
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.[ ''Empire Blackwater'' was operated under the management of P Carrick & Co Ltd.][ The MoWT ceased to exist during 1945, becoming the Ministry of Transport.][ In March 1946, ''Empire Blackwater'' was awarded to the United States as a war prize, with an estimated value of $288,000.]New York
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.[ On 21 October 1946, ''Empire Blackwater'' was laid up in the ]Hudson River
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.[ On 25 March 1947, she was sold to Seatrade Corporation for $216,000.]
''Krusaa''
In 1949, ''Empire Blackwater'' was sold to Dampskibs Hetland AS, Denmark and renamed ''Krusaa''. Her port of registry was changed to Copenhagen
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.[ ''Krusaa'' was operated under the management of Basse & Co, Copenhagen.][ In 1957, ''Krusaa'' was sold to Dampskibs Pacific AS.][
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''Krucia''
In 1960, ''Krusaa'' was sold to AB Krucia O/Y, Finland and renamed ''Krucia''. Her port of registry was changed to Vaasa
Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas), .[ She was operated under the management of Nils Berg.][ In 1967, ''Krucia'' was sold to AB Vasa Shipping O/Y.][
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''Helvi''
In 1969, ''Krusaa'' was sold to Rederi AB Nidarholm Laivanvarustamo and renamed ''Helvi''. Her port of registry was changed to Turku
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.[ ''Helvi'' was operated under the management of H Hayrynen O/Y.][
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''Eastern Faith''
In 1969, ''Helvi'' was sold to the South East Navigation Corporation, Panama and renamed ''Eastern Faith''. Her port of registry was Panama City
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.[ She was operated by the Nan Sing Navigation Co, Taiwan.][ ''Eastern Faith'' was scrapped in August 1975 by the Chi Shun Hwa Steel Co Ltd, ]Kaohsiung
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, Taiwan
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. She arrived for scrapping on 30 July 1975.[
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Official numbers and call signs
Official number
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s were a forerunner to IMO number
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s. ''Empire Blackwater'' had the UK official number 180776.[ ''Krucia'' had the Finnish official number 206 and ''Helvi'' had the Finnish official number 1462. ''Krucia'', ''Helvi'' and ''Eastern Faith'' had the IMO number 5197121.][
''Pompeji'' used the ]call sign
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DKCM.[
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Propulsion
The ship had a single screw
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. Her main engine was a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine
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built by Flensburger Schiffbau. Exhaust steam from its low-pressure cylinder drove a low-pressure turbine
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, which drove the same propeller shaft via a fluid coupling and double-reduction gearing.[ This combination gave the ship a speed of .][
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References
External links
Wartime career of ''Pompeji''
(in German)
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1939 ships
Ships built in Flensburg
Steamships of Germany
Merchant ships of Germany
World War II merchant ships of Germany
Empire ships
Ministry of War Transport ships
Steamships of the United Kingdom
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Steamships of Denmark
Merchant ships of Denmark
Steamships of Finland
Merchant ships of Finland
Steamships of Panama
Merchant ships of Panama