FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name EMPIRE PALADIN
Type Tanker
Yard Number 359
Launched 21/04/1944
Completed 08/1944
Off. Number 169146
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 (Athel Line Ltd.), Middlesbrough
   
History 1946 WAVE COMMANDER, The Admiralty, London
   
Fate 09/05/1959 arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking.

Photo from Harold Appleyard, as WAVE COMMANDER

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