D/S Empire Chief

Other names
Montcalm - RFA Montcalm - Crenella - Rey Alfonso - Anglo Norse - Polar Chief
Call sign
GFMT
Class
Lloyd`s 100A1
Shipping company
The South Georgia. Co. Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co. Leith. UK.)
Nationality
Great Britain flaggGreat Britain
Home port
Leith

Shipyard

Name
Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co.Ltd, Jarrow, UK
Build year
1897
Yard number
724
Month of delivery
August

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
8.091
Net tonnage:
6.334

Engine

Dimensions

Length:
445.0'
Beam:
52.2'
Draft:
35.4'
  • Miscellaneous

    1. D/T Empire Chief her som Anglo Norse - Foto v/Wikipdia

    Historikk:

    1897 - African SS Co (Elder Dempster & Co) - MONTCALM
    1903 - Canadian Pacific Railway Co 
    1914 - The Admiralty. 
    1916 - Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London. Converted to tanker. - CRENELLA
    1920 - Velefa Shipping Co (W.Runciman & Co) 
    1923 - A/S Larvik Hvalfangerselk, Norway. Converted to Whale Factory ship. - REY ALFONSO
    1925 - H.M.Wrangell & Co, Haugesund. 
    1927 - Anglo-Norse Co, Tonsberg. - ANGLO NORSE
    1929 - Falkland Whaling Co, Jersey. - POLAR CHIEF
    1941 - MOWT managed by Chr.Salvesen & Co, Leith. - EMPIRE CHIEF
    1946 - South Georgia Co (Chr.Salvesen), Leith. - POLAR CHIEF
    1952 - Hugget opp i Dalmuir.


    Se også:
    http://www.lardex.net/TONSBERG/salvesen/skipstekst/1946PolarChief.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Chief

    Sources

    http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/ship.php?ship_id=40228&name=Empire%20Chief

    http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/ship.php?ship_id=24265&name=Empire%20Chief

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