History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | NV Scheepswerke Gebroeders Pot |
Laid down | 1940 |
Launched | 1945 |
Completed | 1949 |
Out of service | 28 November 1965 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sank |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 2,503 GRT |
Length | 105.16 m (345 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 14.63 m (48 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | Diesel engine |
Pozarica was a 2,503 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1945 as Hermes by NV Scheepswerke Gebroeders Pot, Bolnes, South Holland, Netherlands for the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij. She was seized by the British in an incomplete state in May 1945. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Dove. The ship was completed during 1946. She was sold into merchant service in 1949 and renamed Pozarica in 1953. In 1964, she was sold to Spain and renamed Blue Fin. On 27 November 1965, she lost her rudder in a storm in the Bay of Biscay. Although the ship was taken under tow, her cargo shifted the next day and she sank.