FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name EMPIRE NORSEMAN
Type Tanker
Yard Number 342
Launched 20/04/1942
Completed 06/1942
Off. Number 164855
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 (Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.), Middlesbrough
   
Fate 23/02/1943 torpedoed by U.202 and U.558 in 31.18N 27.20W on passage Greenock for Curacao in ballast.

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