SS Empire Advocate

For other ships named Angelina Lauro, see Angelina Lauro.

History
Name
  • Solfels (1913-20)
  • Bowes Castle (1920-32)
  • Angelina Lauro (1932-40)
  • Empire Advocate (1940-45)
Owner
  • Hansa Line, Bremen (1913-1919)
  • British Shipping Controller (1919-20)
  • Lancashire Shipping Co (1920-32)
  • Achille Lauro, Naples (1932-40)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1940-45)
Operator
  • Hansa Line, Bremen (1913-1919)
  • H Hogarth & Sons (1919-20)
  • Chambers & Sons (1920-32)
  • Achille Lauro, Naples (1932-40)Galbraith, Pembroke & Sons (1940-45)
Port of registry
  • German Empire Bremen (1913-19)
  • United Kingdom Liverpool (1919-32)
  • Italy Naples (1932-40)
  • United Kingdom London (1948-55)
BuilderJoh. C. Tecklenborg AG, Wesermünde
Yard number255
Launched8 April 1913
In service22 May 1913
Identification
  • Italian official number 382 (1932-40)
  • UK Official Number 143102 (1940-45)
  • Code letters QKHB (1913-19)
  • Code letters JWQS (1919-32)
  • Code letters IBIB (1932)
  • Code letters NDHU (1932-40)
  • Code letters GLYJ (1940-45)
FateScrapped at Bo'ness, 1945
NotesSister ships: Frankenfels, Greiffenfels, Rappenfels, Schneefels, Sonnenfels, Wachtfels.
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 5,821 GRT (1913-40)
  • 5,787 GRT (1940-45)
  • 3,641 NRT
  • 8,800 DWT
Length127.92 m (419 ft 8 in)
Beam17.12 m (56 ft 2 in)
Depth9.08 m (29 ft 9 in)
Propulsion1 x triple expansion steam engine (Joh. C. Tecklenborg AG, Wesermünde) 520 hp (390 kW) NHP.
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement73

SS Empire Advocate was a 5,787 ton steamship which was built in 1913 as the Solfels. She was taken as war reparations in 1919 and renamed Bowes Castle in 1920. In 1932 she was sold to Italy, being renamed Angelina Lauro, being seized in 1940 and renamed Empire Advocate. She was scrapped at Bo'ness in 1945.