SS Empire Conveyor

History
Name
  • Farnworth (1917–24)
  • Illinois (1926–34)
  • Mount Pentelikon (1934–39)[1]
  • Gloria (1939)[1]
  • Empire Conveyor (1939–40)[1]
Owner
  • R S Dalgleish Ltd (1917–24)
  • Harlem Steamship Co Ltd (1924–26)
  • CGT (1926–34)
  • Kulukundis Shipping Co SA (1934–39)
  • Orion Schiffahrts GmbH (1939)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1939–40)[1]
Operator
  • R S Dalgleish Ltd (1917–24)
  • F Newson (1924)
  • Brown, Jenkinson & Co Ltd (1924–26)
  • CGT (1926–32)
  • Rethymis & Kulukundis Ltd (1934–39)
  • E Behnke (1939)
  • H Hogarth & Sons Ltd (1939–40)[1]
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Newcastle upon Tyne (1917–23)
  • United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne (1923–26)
  • France Le Havre (1926–34)
  • Greece Piraeus (1934–39)
  • Nazi Germany Rostock (1939)
  • United Kingdom London (1939–40)
BuilderRichardson, Duck & Co[1]
Yard number651[2]
Launched20 March 1917
CompletedJune 1917[1]
Out of service20 June 1940
Identification
FateTorpedoed and sunk
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length400.3 ft (122.0 m)[1]
Beam51.6 ft (15.7 m)[1]
Draught26 feet (7.9 m)[1]
Depth32.9 ft (10.0 m)[1]
Installed power440 NHP[1]
Propulsion3-cylinder Triple expansion steam engine; screw[1]
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Crew41 (Empire Conveyor)
NotesLaid up 1932–34
SS Empire Conveyor is located in Scotland
SS Empire Conveyor
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Location of the sinking of Empire Conveyor off Scotland.

Empire Conveyor was a 5,911 GRT shelter deck cargo ship that was built in 1917 as Farnworth by Richardson, Duck and Company,[1] Thornaby-on-Tees, England. After a sale in 1924 she was renamed Illinois. In 1926, she was sold to France, and in 1934 to Greece and was renamed Mount Pentelikon. In 1939, she was sold to Germany and was renamed Gloria.

At the outbreak of the Second World War she was in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She tried to return to Germany but was captured by the Royal Navy, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Conveyor. She served until 20 June 1940 when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-122 off Barra Head.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships" (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1940. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. ^ Mitchell, W.H.; Sawyer, L.A. (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.[page needed]