EMPIRE FENCHURCH
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1945
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 202 3/6' x breadth 33' x depth 15 1/12'
Object numberABDSHIP000132
Keywords
Yard Number: 187
Official number: 180995
Subsequent Names: YEWFOREST (1946); PERELLE (1954); TOR (1965).
Fate: Reported to have been dismantled in August 1962 in Sweden, but was in service in 1965 as a barge.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel with raised quarterdeck, machinery aft, single deck, cruiser stern.
Owners:
1945: Ministry of War Transport
1946: J. Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd.
1954: O. Dorey & Sons Ltd, Guernsey.
General History:
18/12/1945: Builder's certificate issued. Port of intended registry listed as Aberdeen.
20/12/1945: Full power trial in Torry Dock.
1961: Towed to Gothenburg, Sweden, for scrapping but leased out as a floating warehouse in Denmark.
Note: Engine no., 262, boiler by Craig, Paisley. On the builder's certificate, boiler is listed as being by Denny of Dumbarton.
