MV Empire Galahad
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | MV Empire Galahad |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport (1942-1946), Blue Star Line (1946), Lamport & Holt Line (1946-1952) |
| Builder: | Lithgows, Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 970 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1942 |
| Christened: | Empire Galahad |
| Out of service: | 1952 |
| Renamed: | Celtic Star (1946), Murillo (1946) |
| Fate: | Sold to Industriale Maritime, Genoa renamed Bogliasco and reflagged. |
| Career (Italy) |  |
| Name: | MV Bogliasco |
| Owner: | Industriale Maritime, Genoa (1952-1963) |
| Out of service: | 1963 |
| Fate: | Sold to Ocean Spg & Enterprises, 1963, renamed Ocean Peace and reflagged. |
| Career (Panama) |  |
| Name: | MV Ocean Peace |
| Owner: | Ocean Spg & Enterprises (1963-1967) |
| Out of service: | 13 September 1967 |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1967 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 7,046 grt |
| Length: | 449 feet (136.86 m) |
| Beam: | 56 feet (17.07 m) |
| Draught: | 26 feet (7.92 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel engine |
| Speed: | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
Empire Galahad was a refrigerated cargo ship built in 1942 and scrapped in 1967.
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[edit] History
Empire Galahad was built by Lithgows in Port Glasgow for the Ministry of War Transport. She was launched on Monday 18 May 1942. Empire Galahad spent the war years under the management of Blue Star Line.
[edit] War service
Empire Galahad was a member of the following convoys:-
• SC.122, which sailed from New York on 5 March 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 24 March. Empire Galahad was carrying general cargo, meat and a passenger. She joined this convoy from convoy HX.228.[1]
• MKS.22, which sailed from Freetown on 14 August 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 6 September. Empire Galahad was carrying a refrigerated cargo and also linseed.[2]
• KMS.83, which sailed from Liverpool on 6 February 1945 and arrived at Gibraltar on 12 February. Empire Galahad was in ballast, and sailed from Milford Haven, with an eventual destination of the River Plate She was armed with a 4.7 inches (120 mm) gun and eight machine guns.[3]
[edit] Post war
In 1946 she was bought by Blue Star and renamed Celtic Star, being quickly sold to Lamport & Holt Line and renamed Murillo, the second Lamport & Holt ship to carry that name. In 1952 she was sold to Industriale Maritime and renamed Bogliasco, sailing under the Italian flag. She served for nine years before being sold to Ocean Spg & Enterprises in 1963 and being renamed Ocean Peace, sailing under the Panamanian flag . She was sold for scrap in 1967, and arrived at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping on 12 September 1967.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ Convoy SC.122. Convoyweb.org. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Convoy SL.135 / MKS.22. Convoyweb.org. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Convoy OS.109/KMS.83. Convoyweb.org. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ MV Empire Galahad. Shipping Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ LAMPORT AND HOLT LINE. Merchant Navy Officers .com. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
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