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''Graigaur'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1941 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd,
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, United Kingdom, as the CAM ship ''Empire Foam'' for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold in 1946 to Graigaur Shipping Co Ltd and renamed ''Graigaur''. She was sold in 1957 to Marinos & Frangos Ltd and renamed ''Maltezana''. She was sold to the Great Southern Steamship Co Ltd.,
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in 1958 and renamed ''Johore Bahru'', serving until she was scrapped in 1963.


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The ship was between perpendiculars ( overall), with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was assessed at , . The ship was propelled by a 433
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, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. It drove a single screw
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The ship was built in 1941 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd,
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, United Kingdom. She was yard number 1694. She was launched on 13 March 1941. Her port of registry was Newcastle upon Tyne. The
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165810 were allocated. ''Empire Foam'' was operated under the management of F Carrick & Co. Ltd. ''Empire Foam'' made her maiden voyage on 10 June 1941, when she sailed from the
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to join Convoy EC 30, which had departed from
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on 7 June and arrived at the Clyde on 14 June. She then joined Convoy OB 338, which departed from
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, on 21 June and dispersed at sea on 3 July. She arrived at Halifax,
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, Canada, on 5 July. Carrying a cargo of
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, she returned to the United Kingdom with Convoy HX 139, which departed on 16 July and arrived at Liverpool on 31 July. ''Empire Foam'' was a member of Convoy ON 6, which departed on 11 August and dispersed at sea on 24 August. Her destination was Halifax, where she arrived on 26 August. She departed on 31 August for
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, Nova Scotia, where she arrived the next day. Carrying a cargo of wheat, she joined Convoy SC 43, which departed on 5 September and arrived at Liverpool on 20 September. ''Empire Foam'' was a member of Convoy ON 22, which sailed on 2 October and dispersed at sea on 15 October. Her destination was Halifax, which she reached on 17 October. Carrying a cargo of grain, she returned with
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, which departed on 22 October. On 1 November 1941, her
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was launched to intercept a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft, which it chased off. The pilot was recovered by after ditching the aircraft. The convoy arrived at Liverpool on 5 November. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 19 November with convoy ON 38, which dispersed at sea on 30 November. Her destination was Halifax, where she arrived on 6 December. Carrying a cargo of Grain, she joined Convoy HX 166, which departed on 21 December and arrived at Liverpool on 5 January 1942. She straggled behind the convoy and fell in with Convoy SC 61, which had departed from Sydney on 21 December and arrived at Liverpool on 7 January 1942. ''Empire Foam'' departed from Liverpool on 26 January 1942 to join Convoy OG 79, which had departed from
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, on 25 January and arrived at
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on 7 February. She was carrying a cargo of
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. She made a return voyage to Huelva, Spain, before joining Convoy HG 80, which departed on 14 March and arriving at Liverpool on 26 March. She was carrying a cargo of ore. ''Empire Foam'' was a member of Convoy ON 83, which sailed from Liverpool on 4 April and arrived at Halifax on 17 April. Carrying grain, she departed with Convoy HX 187, which sailed on 26 April and arrived at Liverpool on 8 May. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 29 May with Convoy ON 99, which arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, United States, on 12 June. She was carrying a cargo of
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. Her destination was Halifax, where she arrived on 10 June. Carrying grain, she returned with Convoy HX 195, which sailed on 21 June and arrived at Liverpool on 2 July. ''Empire Foam'' sailed with Convoy ON 113, which departed on 17 July and arrived at Halifax on 31 July. She then made a return voyage to
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, via Sydney, travelling out with convoys HS 37 and SQ 25 and returning with convoys QS 26 and SH 35. Carrying grain and general cargo, she returned to the United Kingdom with Convoy HX 204, which sailed on 23 August and arrived on 4 September. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 7 November to join Convoy KMS 3G, which departed from the Clyde on 8 November and arrived at Bône,
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on 26 November. She left the convoy at Gibraltar, where she arrived on 23 November. She sailed on 8 December to join Convoy MKS 3X, which had departed from Bône on 3 December and arrived at Liverpool on 19 December. ''Empire Foam'' sailed from Liverpool on 15 January 1943, arriving at the Clyde two days later. She sailed with Convoy KMS 8G on 21 January and arrived at Bône on 8 February. She departed with Convoy MKS 9 on 4 March. The convoy arrived at Liverpool on 18 March but ''Empire Foam'' left the convoy and put into
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, Algeria, where she arrived on 6 March. She subsequently returned to Bône, from where she departed on 22 April as a member of Convoy MKS 12, which rendezvoused at sea with Convoy SL 128 on 4 May. The combined convoy arrived at Liverpool on 14 May. She left the convoy at the Clyde, arriving on 14 May. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 28 July to join Convoy KMS 22G, which had departed from Liverpool that day and arrived at Gibraltar on 9 August. She was carrying explosives bound for Algiers, which was reached via Convoy KMS 22, which sailed that day and arrived at
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, Egypt, on 20 August. ''Empire Foam'' arrived at Algiers on 12 August. She departed on 11 September to join Convoy MKS 24, which had departed from
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, Egypt, on 4 September and arrived at Gibraltar on 13 September. She sailed on 27 September to join Convoy OS 55, which arrived at
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, Sierra Leone on 8 October. She then sailed to
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, from where she departed on 20 October for
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, Nigeria, arriving two days later. She departed on 23 October, returning to Lagos on 9 November. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 21 November with Convoy LTS 9, which arrived at Freetown on 28 November. She then join Convoy SL 142, which departed from Freetown on 2 December and merged with Convoy MKS 33 on 14 December. Her cargo was described as "West African produce" and she was also carrying two passengers. ''Empire Foam'' arrived at Loch Ewe on 27 December and joined Convoy WN 524, which arrived at
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, on 30 December. She then joined Convoy FS 1316, which departed from Methil that day and arrived at Southend on 1 January 1944. Her destination was
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, where she arrived on 1 January. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 24 January 1944 to join Convoy FN 1245, which had departed from Southend on 23 January and arrived at Methil on 25 January. She then joined Convoy EN 343, which sailed on 7 February and arrived at Loch Ewe on 9 February. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on to
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, where she arrived on 10 February. She sailed on 13 February to join Convoy ONS 29, which had sailed from Liverpool the previous day and arrived at Halifax on 29 February. She then sailed to
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, returning to Halifax with Convoy FH 109, which sailed on 15 March and arrived two days later. ''Empire Foam'' had loaded a cargo of
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. Carrying the
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, she sailed with convoy SC 156, which departed on 29 March and arrived at Liverpool on 13 April. She arrived at the Clyde on 13 April. ''Empire Foam'' subsequently sailed to Liverpool, from where she departed with Convoy OS77KM on 14 May. She was carrying a cargo of ammunition, stores and vehicles. The convoy split at sea on 24 May. ''Empire Foam'' was in the part of the convoy which formed Convoy KMS 51G and arrived at Gibraltar on 25 May. She sailed to Algiers, arriving on 30 May and departing on 12 June to join Convoy GUS 42, which had departed from Port Said on 3 June and arrived at the
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on 30 June. She left the convoy at Gibraltar, arriving on 14 June. She departed on 21 June with Convoy OS 80, which arrived at Freetown on 1 July. Her destination was
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, Argentina, which was reached on 17 July. She sailed the next day for
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, Argentina arriving on 19 July and departing on 28 July for Buenos Aires, where she arrived the next day. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 6 August, arriving at Freetown on 28 August. She departed with Convoy SL 169 the next day. The convoy merged with Convoy MKS 60 on 10 September. The combined convoy arrived at Liverpool on 17 September. She left the convoy and arrived at Falmouth, Cornwall, on 16 September. She sailed the next day to join Convoy EBC 105, which had sailed from
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, on 16 September and arrived at the
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on 18 September. She left the convoy at St. Helens Roads and joined Convoy FTM 5A, which had sailed from Seine Bay on 18 September and arrived at Southend the next day. She sailed with Convoy FN 1486 on 20 September. The convoy arrived at Methil on 22 September, but ''Empire Foam'' left the convoy at Hull, where she arrived on 21 September. ''Empire Foam'' sailed from Hull on 10 September and joined Convoy FN 1505 at
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. The convoy had departed from Southend the previous day and arrived at Methil on 11 September. She then joined Convoy EN 445, which sailed that day and arrived at Loch Ewe on 13 September. ''Empire Foam'' then joined Convoy ONS 34, which departed from Liverpool on 14 October and arrived at Halifax on 1 November. She left the convoy, and put into the Clyde, where she arrived on 21 October. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 28 October to join Convoy ONS 35, which sailed from Liverpool on 29 October and arrived at Halifax on 15 November. She then joined Convoy XB 134, which sailed that day and arrived at Boston on 17 November. She left the convoy at the
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and arrived at
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, on 18 November. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 15 December for Boston, from where she departed on 21 December with Convoy BX 138, which arrived at Halifax on 23 December. Carrying general cargo and explosives, ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 1 January 1945 with Convoy SC 164, which arrived at Liverpool on 18 January. She left the convoy at Loch Ewe, on 17 January and joined Convoy WN 669, which reached Methil on 19 January. She then joined Convoy FS 1703, which departed on 20 January and arrived at Southend on 23 January. She left the convoy at
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, arriving on 21 January. ''Empire Foam'' sailed from Middlesbrough on 8 February for the River Tyne, arriving later that day. She sailed on 1 March to join Convoy FS 1743, which had departed from Methil that day and arrived at Southend on 3 March. She sailed to The Downs, departing on 8 March with Convoy OS 115KM, which split at sea on 14 March. ''Empire Foam'' was carrying general cargo and was bound for
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. She was in the part of the convoy that formed Convoy KMS 89, which arrived at Gibraltar on 16 March. ''Empire Foam'' sailed past Gibraltar and reached Calcutta on 26 April via Port Said,
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, Egypt,
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and
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. ''Empire Foam'' subsequently sailed to
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, where she arrived on 21 May. She sailed ten days later for Calcutta, arriving on 5 June. ''Empire Foam'' made another return trip to Rangoon before returning to Rangoon, from where she departed on 8 July for
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, India, arriving on 20 July. She sailed on 28 July for Lourenço Marques,
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, arriving on 18 August. She sailed on 8 September for Aden, where she arrived on 26 September. ''Empire Foam'' sailed on 1 October for Suez, where she arrived on 10 October. She then sailed to Port Said and Alexandria, where she arrived on 12 October. She sailed on 23 October for Port Said, arriving the next day. ''Empire Foam'' departed from Port Said on 5 November, arriving at The Downs on 24 November and
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, on 27 November. She sailed on 14 December and arrived at Barry on 21 December. In 1946, ''Empire Foam'' was sold to Graigaur Shipping Co Ltd and was renamed ''Graigaur''. Her port of registry was changed to
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and she was placed under the management of Idwal Williams & Co Ltd, Cardiff. During the
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, ''Graigaur'' made a voyage from
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, to the Mediterranean. She was carrying military vehicles and supplies. ''Graigaur'' was sold in 1957 to Marinos & Frangos Ltd, London and renamed ''Maltezana''. She was sold in 1958 to Great Southern Steamship Co Ltd,
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
and renamed ''Johore Bahru''. She was in service until 1963, arriving at Kure, Japan, on 24 July 1963 for scrapping, which was done by Osaka Kogai KK, Etajima.


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