History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Builder | Harland & Wolff |
Yard number | 1276[1] |
Launched | 2 September 1944 |
Completed | 21 February 1945[1] |
Maiden voyage | 25 February 1945 |
Out of service | September 1966 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Refrigerated cargo liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 432 ft 9 in (131.90 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) |
Depth | 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m) |
Propulsion | 4SCSA diesel engine, single screw propeller |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Stirlingshire was a 7,067 GRT refrigerated cargo liner that was built in 1944 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast, United Kingdom as Empire Falkland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT. She was sold into merchant service in 1946 and renamed Stirlingshire. She served until 1966, when she was scrapped.