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EMPIRE GARLAND (1944)
Service dates: 1947-1958
Official number: 180609
Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 01.1944
- Launched.
- 12.1944
- Completed as Njong for the Deutsche-Afrika Line.
- 05.1945
- Taken as a prize at Flensburg and renamed Empire Garland by the Ministry of War Transport.
- 19.03.1947
- Sold to the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
- 11.06.1947
- Renamed Sheldrake.
- 21.11.1958
- Sold to Johal Nay Ltd, Liberia, and renamed Salamstar.
- 1960
- Renamed Ambelos without a change in ownership.
- 1961
- Sold to N J Goumas, Greece, and renamed Marmina.
- 1968
- Sold to C & F Raikos, Greece, and renamed Filio.
- 15.06.1972
- Broken up at Aspropygos, Greece.