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词条 MV Empire City
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Empire City was a {{GRT|7295|link=off}} cargo ship which was built in 1943 by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was torpedoed and sunk on 6 August 1944 by {{GS|U-198||2}}.

Description

Empire City was built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. She was launched on 15 July 1943.[1]

The ship was {{convert|428|ft|8|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|56|ft|5|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|35|ft|5|in|m|2}}. She had a GRT of 7,295 and a NRT of 4,941.[2]

The ship was propelled by a 2-stroke Single Cycle Single Action diesel engine, which had eight cylinders of {{convert|23+5/8|in|cm}} diameter by {{convert|91+5/16|in|cm}} stroke.[2]

History

Empire City was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of the A Weir & Co Ltd. Her port of registry was Sunderland. The Code Letters BFLB and the United Kingdom Official Number 180046 were allocated.[2]

Empire City was a member of a number of convoys in the Second World War.

ON 212

Convoy ON 212 departed Liverpool on 19 November 1943 and arrived at New York on 5 December.[3] Empire City had departed from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 18 November. She was equipped with anti-torpedo nets on this voyage.[4]

DKA 21
Empire City was a member of Convoy DKA 21, which departed Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa bound for Port Said, Egypt via Aden. Empire City was carrying a cargo of 8,403 tons of coal. On 6 August 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-198||2}} off Mocímboa da Praia, Portuguese East Africa ({{coord|11|33|S|41|25|E|display=inline,title}}). Two crew and 10 DEMS gunners were killed. The surviving 48 crew and 10 DEMS gunners were rescued. They were landed at Pekawi, Portuguese East Africa.[5] Her captain was taken prisoner by U-198; he perished with the submarine's crew when U-198 was sunk on 12 August.[6] Those lost on Empire City are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite book |last1= Mitchell |first1=W.H. |last2=Sawyer |first2=L.A. |year=1995 |title=The Empire Ships |page=not cited |publisher= Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |location= London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |isbn=1-85044-275-4}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=43b1105.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=8 April 2010}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/on212.html |title=CONVOY ON 212 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=8 April 2010}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/onconvoys3.html |title=ON Convoys – 1941-1945, Convoy ON 201 through ON 249 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=8 April 2010}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3308.html |title=Empire City |publisher=U-boat |accessdate=8 April 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u198.htm |title=U-198 |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=10 May 2011}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ship%20Index%20A-F.html |title=Ship Index A-F |publisher=Brian Watson |accessdate=20 May 2011}}
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