History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company |
Yard number | 286 |
Launched | 16 November 1944 |
Completed | January 1945 |
Maiden voyage | 1 February 1945 |
Out of service | 9 June 1969 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 427 ft 1 in (130.18 m) |
Beam | 57 ft 0 in (17.37 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 4.75 in (8.35 m) |
Depth | 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel engine, single screw propeller |
Sheaf Mount was a 7,123 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1944 by Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom as Empire Fancy for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1947, she was sold and renamed Sheaf Mount. A further sale in 1957 saw her renamed Valldemosa. In 1961, she was sold to Hong Kong and renamed Ardfinnan. A sale in 1968 to Gibraltar saw her renamed Court Harwell. She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1969.