SS Empire Abbey
{{short description|World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name=*Empire Abbey (1943-46)
|Ship renamed= |Ship owner=*Ministry of War Transport (1943-46)
|Ship operator=*Elders & Fyffes Ltd (1944-46)
|Ship registry=*{{Flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} Newcastle upon Tyne (1944-1960)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne{{cite web|url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/E-Ships/empireabbey1944.html|title=SS Empire Abbey (1944)|publisher=www.tynebuiltships.co.uk|accessdate=23 May 2017}} |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=6 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=10 December 1943 |Ship completed= March 1944 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship homeport= |Ship in service=1944 |Ship out of service=1966 |Ship identification=*UK Official Number 169178 (1944-60)
|Ship fate=Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1967 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage=7,032 GRT |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|430|ft|9|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|56|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship depth={{convert|35|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= 1 x North East Marine Engine Co (1938) Ltd triple expansion steam engine |Ship speed= {{convert|10|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
SS Empire Abbey was a refrigerated{{cite web |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/44/44a0841.pdf |title=LIST OF VESSELS FITTED WITH REFRIGERATING APPLIANCES |publisher=Plimsollshipdata |accessdate=2008-11-22 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629215307/https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/44/44a0841.pdf |url-status=live }} cargo ship built in 1943 and in service until 1966. She was also known as SS Teviot, SS Ardilles and SS Tung An.
History
=War service=
Empire Abbey was built by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne for the MoWT and launched on 10 December 1943 and completed in March 1944.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1169178|accessdate=2008-11-22}} She was placed under the management of Elders & Fyffes Ltd. On 26 April 1944, Empire Abbey sailed from New York as part of Convoy HX289, arriving in Liverpool on 13 May.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx289.html |title=CONVOY HX 289 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=2008-11-22 |archive-date=19 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719193115/http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx289.html |url-status=live }} On 23 November 1944, Empire Abbey sailed from Milford Haven as part of Convoy OS96 bound for Gibraltar, Empire Abbey was in ballast, with a final destination of Buenos Aires.{{cite web |url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/oskms/index.html?os096.htm~osmain |title=Convoy OS.96/KMS.70 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=2008-11-22 |archive-date=10 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310084230/http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/oskms/index.html?os096.htm~osmain |url-status=live }} On 15 February 1945, Empire Abbey was in a collision with Free French Ship L'Ardent in Cora Harbour which resulted in L
=Postwar=
In February 1946, Empire Abbey, en route to Europe laden with food, was hit by a storm off Newfoundland which lasted for over three weeks. On the 16th day of the storm, her propeller shaft broke off, leaving Empire Abbey drifting without propulsion. On the 24th day, the tug Foundation Franklin managed to take Empire Abbey in tow. A message was sent from Empire Abbey that the captain had died after thirteen days without sleep.{{cite web |url=http://www.tugboatalley.com/shop/itemdetail.cfm?itemid=327&categoryid=43&manufacturerid=51 |title=Drifting East |publisher=Tugboat Alley |accessdate=2008-11-22 |archive-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821043606/http://www.tugboatalley.com/shop/itemdetail.cfm?itemid=327&categoryid=43&manufacturerid=51 |url-status=live }} In May 1946{{cite web |url=http://www.users.on.net/~snicol/60sSwanSong/teviot.html |title=Teviot (III) |publisher=S Nicol |accessdate=2008-11-22 |archive-date=17 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117030246/http://www.users.on.net/~snicol/60sSwanSong/teviot.html |url-status=live }} she was sold to Royal Mail Line and renamed Teviot,{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireA.html |title=Empire - A |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=2008-11-22 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184420/http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireA.html |url-status=live }} the third Royal Mail Line ship to bear that name. In 1959, Teviot was laid up.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/eldersfyffes.html |title=Elders & Fyffes Shipping, Limited, Fyffes Group, Limited / Fyffes PLC, Geest Line |publisher=Shipslist |accessdate=2008-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106041717/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/eldersfyffes.html |archivedate=6 November 2008 |df=dmy-all }}
In 1960, Teviot was sold to Mullion & Co, Hong Kong and renamed Ardellis, She was sold to Hai An Shipping Co in 1963 and being renamed Tung An. She arrived for scrapping in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 6 August 1967.
Official number and code letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.
Empire Abbey had the UK Official Number 169178 and used the Code Letters BFKK.
References
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External links
- [http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20T/slides/Teviot-01.html Photo of SS Teviot]
- [http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20T/slides/Teviot-02.html Photo of SS Teviot]
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Category:Ships built on the River Tyne
Category:Ministry of War Transport ships
Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom