FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name EMPIRE AMETHYST
Type Tanker
Yard Number 330
Launched 08/07/1941
Completed 09/1941
Off. Number 164848
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth, Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 8032
Length (feet) 463.5
Beam (feet) 61.2
First owner Ministry of War Transport (Hadley Shipping Co.), Middlesbrough
History
   
Fate 13/04/1942 presumed torpedoed on this day by U.154 in about 17.40N 74.50W on passage New Orleans for Freetown with refined products (last spoke the previous day when 150 miles south of Haiti)

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