SS Bernhard Blumenfeld

History
Name
  • Dalewood (1921 – 23)
  • Bernhard Blumenfeld (1923 – 38)
  • Carl Jüngst (1938 - 45)
  • Empire Durant (1945 - 46)
  • Tambov (1946 - 58)
Owner
  • W France, Fenwick & Co Ltd (1921 – 23)
  • B Blumenfeld Kommandit Gesellschaft auf Aktien (1923 – 38)
  • Krupp Reederei und Kohlenhandel GmbH (1938 - 45)
  • Ministry of War Transportation (1945)
  • Ministry of Transportation (1945 – 46)
  • Soviet Government (1946 - 58)
Operator
  • W France, Fenwick & Co, Ltd. (1921 – 23)
  • B Blumenfeld (1923 – 38)
  • Krupp Reederei und Kohlenhandel GmbH (1938 - 45)
  • unknown manager (1945 – 46)
  • Soviet Government (1946 - 58)
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom London, England (1921 - 23)
  • Weimar Republic Hamburg, Germany (1923 - 33)
  • Germany Hamburg (1933 - 45)
  • United Kingdom London (1945 - 46)
  • Soviet Union Soviet Union (1946 - 58)
BuilderEltringham's, Ltd.
LaunchedSometime in 1921
CompletedAugust 1921
Out of service1958
Identification
  • United Kingdom Official Number 146080 (1921 - 23, 1945 - 46)
  • Code Letters RDSN (1923 – 34)
  • Code Letters DHCG (1934 – 45)
  • Code Letters GMQJ (1945 - 46)
FateRemoved from all shipping registries in 1958
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
  • 2,879 GRT (1921 – 45)
  • 2,902 GRT (1945 - 58)
  • 1,675 NRT (1921 – 45)
  • 1,696 NRT (1945 - 58)
  • 4,450 DWT
Length304 ft 8 in (92.86 m)
Beam44 ft 1 in (13.44 m)
Draught23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
Depth20 ft 5 in (6.22 m)
Installed power288 nhp
PropulsionTriple action steam engine
Armamentnone

The Bernhard Blumenfeld was a 2,879 GRT cargo ship that was completed in 1921 as the SS Dalewood by Eltringham's, Ltd., Willington on Tyne, England. She was sold to a German company in 1923 and renamed the Bernhard Blumenfeld. She was sold again in 1938 and renamed the Carl Jüngst.

This ship was seized by the British Army in the port of Kiel, Germany, in May 1945 and given to the Ministry of War Transport which renamed her the Empire Durant. In 1946, she was donated to the Soviet Union and there renamed the Tambov. She was deleted from the Soviet shipping registries in 1958.