FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name EMPIRE GOLD
Type Tanker
Yard Number 325
Launched 04/10/1940
Completed 02/1941
Off. Number 164843
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth, Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 8028
Length (feet) 463.5
Beam (feet) 61.2
First owner Ministry of War Transport (Common Brothers), Middlesbrough
History
   
Fate 18/04/1945 torpedoed and sunk by U.1107 in 47.47N 06.26W on passage from Philadelphia and New York for Antwerp with white spirit.

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