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词条 SS Empire Caribou
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  2. History

  3. References

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  • Northern Star (1920-23)
  • Defacto (1923-40)
  • Empire Caribou (1940-41)
 Ship owner =*United States Shipping Board (1919-20)
  • American Star Line Inc. (1921-23)
  • American Sugar Transport Corp (1923-40)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1940-41)
 Ship operator =*United States Shipping Board (1919-20)
  • American Star Line Inc. (1921-23)
  • American Sugar Transport Corp (1923-40)
  • Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd (1940-41)
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  • {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} London (1940-41)
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  • Code Letters KOKC (1933-41)
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  • Code Letters GQBN (1940-41)
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  • United States Official Number 219134 (1919-40)
  • United Kingdom Official Number 167431 (1940-41)
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  • {{GRT|4,861}} (1940-41)
  • {{NRT|2,999}} (1919-40)
  • {{NRT|2,994}} (1940-41)
  • 7,814 DWT
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Empire Caribou was a {{GRT|4,861}} cargo ship which was built in 1919 for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as Waterbury. She was sold in 1920 to the American Star Line and renamed Northern Star. In 1923, she was sold to American Sugar Transporters Inc and renamed {{Proper name|Defacto}}. In 1941 she was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Caribou. On 10 May 1941, she was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-556||2}}.

Description

The ship was built by Downey Shipbuilding Corporation, Arlington, New York, as yard number 10.[1] She was launched in 1919,[2] and completed in November that year.[1]

The ship was {{convert|386|ft|8|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|52|ft|2|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|27|ft|4|in|m|2}}. Her GRT was 4,800, with a NRT of 2,999.[3] Her DWT was 7,814.[1] In 1940, her GRT was recorded as 4,861 and her NRT as 2,994.[4]

She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of {{convert|24|in|cm}}, {{convert|40|in|cm}} and {{convert|70|in|cm}} diameter and {{convert|48|in|cm}} stroke.[3] The ship could make {{convert|10|kn|km/h}}.[5]

History

Waterbury was built for the USSB.[2] She was launched on 23 July 1919.[6] The United States Official Number 219134 was allocated.[3] In 1920 she was sold to the American Star Line Inc and renamed Northern Star. In 1923, she was sold to American Sugar Transporters Inc and renamed {{Proper name|Defacto}}.[2] The Code Letters LTKB were allocated.[3] In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to KOKC.[4] On 18 March 1940, {{Proper name|Defacto}} was given to the United Kingdom.[7] She was passed to the MoWT and renamed Empire Caribou.[2] The United Kingdom Official Number 167431 and the Code Letters GQBN were allocated.[4]

Empire Caribou was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.

SC 25

Convoy SC 25 departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on 10 March 1941 and arrived at Liverpool on 29 March. Empire Caribou was carrying a cargo of steel bound for London.[8]

OB318
Convoy OB 318 departed Liverpool on 2 May 1941 and arrived at Halifax on 10 May. Empire Caribou was carrying a cargo of 2,020 tons of chalk and was bound for Boston, Massachusetts.[9] On 10 May, she was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-556||2}} at {{coord|59|28|N|35|44|W|display=inline,title}},[2] with the loss of 29 members of her 40 member crew. Eleven survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Malcolm|D19|6}}. They were landed at Reykjavík, Iceland and transferred to {{HMS|Scimitar|H21|6}} which took them to Greenock.[7] Those lost on Empire Caribou are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.[10]

References

1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/downey.htm |title=Downey Shipbuilding Corp., Arlington NY |publisher=Shipbuilding History |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book | first = and Sawyer, L A| last = Mitchell, W H | year = 1995| month = | title = The Empire Ships| pages = | publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=30b0319.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=34b0238.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11881 |title=SS Empire Caribou (+1941) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
6. ^{{csr|register=MSI|id=2219134|shipname=Waterbury |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
7. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/916.html |title=Empire Caribou |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc25.html |title=CONVOY SC 25 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/ob318.html |title=CONVOY OB 318 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
10. ^{{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}}

External links

  • Photo of Empire Caribou
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