SS Hoxie
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name=*Hoxie
|Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Sparrows Point, Maryland |Ship original cost= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 7 December 1918 |Ship completed= March 1919 |Ship yard number= 4182 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship owner=*US Shipping Board (1918-37)
|Ship operator=*As owner except:-
|Ship registry=*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Baltimore (1918-40)
|Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate= Scrapped in Hamburg, 1958 |Ship identification=*US Official Number 217613 (1918-40)
|Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage= 4,714 GRT |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|377|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|52|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|27|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship hold depth= |Ship propulsion= 1 x triple expansion steam engine (Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd) {{convert|320|hp|kW|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan= |Ship complement= |Ship armament= |Ship speed= {{convert|11|kn|km/h}} |Ship notes= }} |
Hoxie was a 4,714 ton cargo ship which was built in 1918. She was renamed Empire Albatross in 1940. In 1942, she was renamed Belgian Fisherman. In 1946 she was renamed Belgique and then Martha Hendrik Fisser in 1950. She was scrapped in 1958.
History
=Pre Second World War=
Hoxie was built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, at Sparrows Point, Baltimore, as Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) hull number 4182. She was launched on 7 December 1918 and completed in March 1919.{{cite web|url=http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=2217616 |title=Search results for "2217616" |publisher=Miramar Ship Index |accessdate=2008-12-21}} She was owned by the United States Shipping Board. Hoxie was chartered by the Baltimore Steam Ship Co in the 1920s.{{cite web|url=http://www.ellisisland.org/shipping/Formatbuilder.asp?name=Union+Iron+Works |title=Ships built by Union Iron Works |publisher=Ellis Island Foundation |accessdate=2008-12-21}} She passed to the United States Maritime Commission in 1937.
=War service=
Hoxie passed to the Ministry of War Transport in 1940 and was renamed Empire Albatross, under the management of Sir W Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff. Management later passed to Dene Management Co. She was a member of a number of convoys.
;HX 145
Convoy HX 145 sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on 16 August 1941 and arrived at Liverpool on 31 August.{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx145.html |title=CONVOY HX 145 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=2008-12-21}}
;SC 74
Convoy SC 74 sailed from Halifax on 12 March 1942 and arrived at Liverpool on 28 March. Empire Albatross was carrying a cargo of steel and trucks. Her final destination was Hull.{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc74.html |title=CONVOY SC 74 |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=2008-12-21}}
In 1942, Empire Albatross was sold to the Belgian Government and renamed Belgian Fisherman, under the management of L Dens et Compagnie, Antwerp. On 28 February 1944, Belgian Fisherman was damaged in a collision with the SS Grodno near Safi en route to Gibraltar.{{cite web|url=http://users.telenet.be/wilfran/Deppe%20na%20WW2.htm |title=Armement Adolf Deppe |publisher=Wilfran |language=Dutch |accessdate=2008-12-21}}
=Post war=
In 1946 Belgian Fisherman was sold to the Compagnie Royale Belgo-Argentine SA, Antwerp and renamed Belgique.{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireA.html |title=Empire-A |publisher=Mariners-L |accessdate=2008-12-21}} In 1950, Belgique was sold for scrapping to Van Heyghen Frères, Gent, who resold her to Hendrik Fisser AG, Emden who renamed her Martha Hendrik Fisser. She served with them for eight years. Martha Hendrik Fisser was sold for scrapping to Walter Ritscher who resold her to Eckhardt & Co She was scrapped at Hamburg in the first quarter of 1958.
Official Number and code letters
Official numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.
Hoxie had the American Official Number 217613 and used the code letters LQBF.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0548.pdf |title=NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=2008-12-21}} Empire Albatross had the Official Number 168090 on Lloyds Register and used the code letters GNLF.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a1064.pdf |title=STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=2008-12-21}}
References
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Category:Ships built in San Francisco
Category:Merchant ships of the United States
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Category:Ministry of War Transport ships
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom
Category:World War II merchant ships of Belgium
Category:Steamships of Belgium
Category:Merchant ships of West Germany