FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name GYPSUM EMPRESS
Type Cargo
Yard Number 144
Launched 09/03/1929
Completed 04/1929
Off. Number 160719
Engine builder Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl, aft
GRT 4034
Length (feet) 347.8
Beam (feet) 52.8
First owner Gypsum Packet Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough
Fate 03/11/1942 torpedoed by U.160 in 12.27N 64.04W on passage Demerara and Trinidad for New York with bauxite.

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