History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Howaldtswerke |
Launched | 1921 |
Out of service | November 1967 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 307 ft 0 in (93.57 m) |
Beam | 42 ft 4 in (12.90 m) |
Depth | 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) |
Installed power | 155 nhp |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller |
Possehl was a 2,369 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1921 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany for a German shipping line. She was seized by the British in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Exe. In 1947, she was transferred to the Greek Government and renamed Hermoupolis. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and used as a depôt ship. Following a sale in 1966, she was renamed Pilion. In 1967, she was sold to a Cypriot company and renamed Nigma. Laid up in November 1967 following boiler damage, she was scrapped in 1969.