FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name EMPIRE GUIDON
Type Cargo
Yard Number 346
Launched 30/05/1942
Completed 08/1942
Off. Number 164857
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 7041
Length (feet) 431.3
Beam (feet) 56.2
First owner Ministry of War Transport (Anning Brothers Ltd.), Middlesbrough
   
Fate 31/10/1942 torpedoed by U.504 in 30.10S 33.50E on passage New York via Durban for Alexandria with government stores.

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