SS Empire Addison
World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Empire Addison was a 7,010 ton steamship which was built in 1941 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), she was sold in 1945 becoming Philosopher, and sold to Liberia in 1959 and renamed Aiolos serving until scrapped in 1963.
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Builder | Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow |
Launched | 31 December 1941 |
Completed | March 1942 |
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Fate | Scrapped in Hong Kong, 1963. |
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Tonnage | 7,010 GRT |
Length | 431 ft (131.37 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) |
Depth | 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m) |
Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion steam engine of 519 hp (387 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
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