SS Empire Aden
{{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 Aden (1945-48)
|Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Bartram & Sons, Sunderland |Ship original cost= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 12 February 1945 |Ship completed= 14 May 1945 |Ship yard number= 303 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=9 June 1967 |Ship owner=*Ministry of War Transport (1945-48)
|Ship operator=*H Hogarth & Sons (1945-46)
|Ship registry=*28px Sunderland (1945-58)
|Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=*Ran aground off Okinawa, 9 June 1967
|Ship identification=*UK Official Number 180156 (1945-58) |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage= 7,308 GRT |Ship length= {{convert|431|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|56|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|35|ft|6|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship hold depth= |Ship propulsion= 1 x triple expansion steam engine of {{convert|510|hp|kW|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan= |Ship complement= |Ship armament= |Ship speed= |Ship notes= }} |
SS Empire Aden was a 7,308 ton steamship which was built in 1945 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), she was sold in 1948 becoming Etivebank, and sold in 1956 and renamed Alcyone Fortune. In 1958, she was sold to Panama and renamed Northern Venture serving until running aground off Okinawa in 1967.
History
Empire Addison was built by Bartram & Sons Ltd, Sunderland and launched on 12 February 1945, being completed on 14 May.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1180156|accessdate=2008-12-10}} Initially she was managed by H Hogarth & Sons, but management passed to A Weir & Co in 1946. In 1948, she was sold to A Weir & Sons, and renamed Etivebank, managed by A Vergottis. On 15 December 1950, Etivebank ran aground at Licata, Italy after an anchor chain broke in heavy weather. {{HMS|Gravelines|D24|6}} and {{ship|RFA|Sea Salvor|A503|6}} went to her aid.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=7,300 Ton Steamer Aground |date=16 December 1950 |page=5 |issue=51876 |column=E}} On 23 February 1951, Etivebank was damaged in an incident involving the SS Texas in the Suez Canal. The owners of Texas were unsuccessfully sued for damages, a decision which was upheld on appeal.{{cite web|url=http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/251/251.F2d.329.84.24566.html |title=251 F.2d 329 |publisher=United States Court of Appeals |accessdate=2008-12-10}}
In 1956, she was sold to Alcyone Shipping Co, London and renamed Alcyone Fortune, serving for two years before being sold to the Pan Norse Steamship Co, Panama when she was reflagged and renamed Northern Venture.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireA.html |title=EMPIRE - A |publisher=Mariners-L |accessdate=2008-12-10}}
Northern Venture was managed by Wallem & Co, Hong Kong until 1966, when management passed to Wak Kwong & Co.{{cite web|url=http://ca.geocities.com/ventures0@rogers.com/sunderland11.html |title=INDUSTRIAL SUNDERLAND - PAGE 11 |publisher=Rogers |accessdate=2008-12-10|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205113505/http://ca.geocities.com/ventures0@rogers.com/sunderland11.html|url-status=dead |archivedate=2008-12-05}} On 9 June 1967, Northern Venture ran aground off Okinawa en route from Tsumuki to Manila. She broke in two and was declared a total loss. Northern Venture was sold for scrapping locally.{{cite book | last1 = Mitchell |first1= W H |last2= Sawyer |first2= L A | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| page = 25| publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4 }}
Official number and code letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.
Empire Aden had the UK Official Number 180156 and used the Code Letters GDMK.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/44/44b1211.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=10 January 2009}}
References
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Category:Ships built on the River Wear
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ministry of War Transport ships
Category:Maritime incidents in 1950
Category:Merchant ships of Panama