FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name EMPIRE BOUNTY
Type Tanker
Yard Number 356
Launched 30/09/1943
Completed 02/1944
Off. Number 169126
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
Engine type 2 steam turbines
GRT 8128
Length (feet) 473.8
Beam (feet) 64.3
First owner Ministry of War Transport (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.), Middlesbrough
   
History 1946 WAVE VICTOR, The Admiralty, London
  08/1960 The Air Ministry, London for service as a fuel storage hulk at Gan, Maldive Islands
   
Fate 04/1971 towed to Singapore for breaking but reported as a hulk in Manila Bay in 03/1975.

EMPIRE BOUNTY as WAVE VICTOR

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