| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Namesake | Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi) |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Route | Antwerp – Matadi (1924–40) |
| Builder | J Cockerill SA, Hoboken |
| Yard number | 562 |
| Launched | 19 May 1921 |
| Completed | November 1921 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 439 ft 1 in (133.83 m) |
| Beam | 57 ft (17.37 m) |
| Draught | 37 ft (11.28 m) |
| Depth | 34 ft 1 in (10.39 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × quadruple expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Capacity | 700 passengers in one class |
| Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding (by 1930) |
| Notes | sister ship: Thysville |
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Elisabethville was an 8,851 GRT ocean liner which was built in 1921 for Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. In 1930 the company became Compagnie Maritime Belge. She served the Antwerp - Matadi route, connecting Belgium to Belgian Congo.
Elisabethville was named after a city in what was then Belgian Congo. The city is now Lubumbashi, which is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, only behind the capital Kinshasa.
In 1940 Elisabethville was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) for use as a troopship. She briefly returned to merchant service in 1946 before being requisitioned again in 1947 for further troopship duties, and rechristened the Empire Bure.
She was then laid up before being sold in 1950 to Charlton Steamship Co. and was renamed Charlton Star. In 1958 she was sold to Greek owners and renamed Maristrella, serving until she was scrapped in 1960.