SS Empire Bardolph
World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Empire Bardolph was a 7,017 GRT refrigerated cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). It was sold in 1946 and renamed Memling and sold again in 1953 and renamed Vancouver Star, being renamed Memling in 1957. It was scrapped in 1959.
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Builder | Caledon Short Brothers Ltd, Sunderland |
Yard number | 474 |
Launched | 8 December 1942 |
Completed | March 1943 |
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Length | 431.0 ft (131.4 m) |
Beam | 56.3 ft (17.2 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m) |
Depth | 35.2 ft (10.7 m) |
Installed power | 537 MN |
Propulsion | 1 × triple-expansion steam engine (North East Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne) |
Capacity | 259,960 cubic feet (7,361 m3) refrigerated cargo space |
Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding |
Armament | DEMS (1943–45) |
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