History | |
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Name |
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Namesake | |
Owner |
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Operator | Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. |
Port of registry | |
Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |
Yard number | 350 |
Launched | 19 November 1942 |
Completed | December 1942 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped in 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tanker |
Tonnage | |
Length | 483 ft 8 in (147.42 m) |
Beam | 68 ft 3 in (20.80 m) |
Depth | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
Propulsion | Screw 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.