FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name EMPIRE LYTTON
Type Tanker
Yard Number 343
Launched 16/06/1942
Completed 08/1942
Off. Number 164858
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 9811
Length (feet) 483.8
Beam (feet) 68.3
First owner Ministry of War Transport (Harris & Dixon Ltd.), Middlesbrough
   
Fate 09/01/1943 torpedoed by U.442 in 28.08N 28.20W on passage Curacao and Trinidad for Gibraltar with benzine.

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