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EMPIRE MAYDREAM

Owner Admiralty

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date4 April 1946

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 140 1/3' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 17 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 394 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001596

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 710
Official Number: 181010
Subsequent Name: WING HING (1947)

Fate: she caught fire and was beached at Chilang Point, 12 February 1950, a total loss. Wreck reported sold to a Chinese company, 9 June 1950.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel, 2 decks, cruiser stern

Owners:
1946: the Admiralty, managed by Singapore Straits S. S. Co. Ltd. and completed later that year as MAYDREAM for Ta Hing (H K) Ltd, Hong Kong. Operated under the management of Mollers Ltd, Hong Kong.
1948: Wallem & Co, Hong Kong.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 9", 16" and 26" cylinders, 18" stroke. Boiler 11'9" diameter, 10'2½" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)