Murillo, seen here sometime between 1946 and 1952, was a later name of Empire Galahad. |
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| Name: | SS Empire Galahad (1942-46) SS Celtic Star (1946), SS Murillo (1946-52) SS Bogliasco (1952-54) MV Bogliasco (1954-63) MV Ocean Peace (1963-67) |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport (1942-46), Blue Star Line (1946), Lamport & Holt Line (1946-52) Industriale Maritime, Genoa (1952-63) Ocean Shipping & Enterprises (1963-67) |
| Operator: | Blue Star Line (1942-46) Thereafter owner operated. |
| Port of registry: | Greenock (1942-52) Genoa (1952-63) Panama (1963-67) |
| Builder: | Lithgows, Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 970 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1942 |
| Completed: | July 1942 |
| Out of service: | 13 September 1967 |
| Identification: | UK official number 168985 (1942-52) Code letters BDYN (1942-52) |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 7,046 grt, 4,230 nrt, 9,170 dwt |
| Length: | 432 ft 8 in (131.88 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) |
| Propulsion: | To 1954 - 1 x triple expansion steam engine, (J Kincaird & Co, Greenock). After 1954 - 1 x 6 cylinder 2SCSA diesel engine, (Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Trieste). |
| Speed: | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
SS Empire Galahad was a refrigerated cargo ship built in 1942 and scrapped in 1967. She was also known by the names SS Celtic Star (1946), SS Murillo (1946–52), SS Bogliasco (1952–54), MV Bogliasco (1954–63) and MV Ocean Peace (1963–67). She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1967.
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The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government. Their names were all prefixed with "Empire". Mostly they were used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), who owned the ships but contracted out their management to various shipping lines. Some ships requisitioned during the Suez Crisis were also given the Empire prefix. They were acquired from a number of sources. Many were built for the MoWT, others obtained from the USA, still others were captured or seized from enemy powers.
Empire Galahad was built by Lithgows in Port Glasgow for the MoWT. She was launched on Monday 18 May 1942[1] and completed in July.[2] Empire Galahad spent the war years under the management of Blue Star Line.[3]
Empire Galahad was a member of the following convoys:-
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. In 1954, the original triple expansion steam engine (maker J G Kincaid, Glasgow) was replaced by a six cylinder two stroke Single Cycle Single Action diesel engine (maker Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Trieste).[3] She served for a total of nine years before being sold to Ocean Shipping & 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.[1][14]
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.
Empire Galahad had the UK Official Number 168985 and used the Code Letters BDYN.[15]
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