Collections
Search our collections for images, objects and ship records. Get started with the search box or browse what you can see. You can also find out about our collections and how to access them.
TAPTI (1945)
Service dates: 1945-1951
Official number: 180679
Shipping lines: JAMES NOURSE LTD.
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 08.06.1945
- Launched.
- 10.1945
- Completed as Tapti for James Nourse Ltd.
- 03.10.1945/13.05.1946
- Requisitioned for the Liner Division.
- 17.01.1951
- Grounded on Soy Rocks, Hebrides, bound Irwell to the Tyne in ballast.
- 21.01.1951
- Slipped off the rocks and sank three days later in position 56°34'N-06°37'W.