SS Empire Cobbett

History
Name
  • Empire Cobbett (1942–46);
  • San Wilfrido (1946–59)
Namesake
Owner
OperatorEagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom Middlesbrough (1942–46);
  • United Kingdom London (1946–59)
BuilderFurness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Yard number350
Launched19 November 1942
CompletedDecember 1942
Identification
FateScrapped in 1959
General characteristics
Class and typeTanker
Tonnage
Length483 ft 8 in (147.42 m)
Beam68 ft 3 in (20.80 m)
Depth36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine
PropulsionScrew propeller

SS Empire Cobbett was a 9,811 GRT tanker which was built in 1942 by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1946 she was sold into merchant service and renamed San Wilfrido. She was scrapped in 1959.