SS Empire Brutus

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Empire Brutus was a Template:GRT cargo ship which was built in 1941 by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Although twice damaged by enemy action, she survived the war. Postwar she was sold into merchant service, being renamed Vergmor, Southgate and Fatih, serving until scrapped in 1968.

Description

Empire Brutus was built by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland.[1] She was yard number 624.[2] Launched on 18 December 1942, she was completed in March 1943.[1]

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Career

Wartime

Empire Brutus's port of registry was Sunderland. She was operated under the management of W. T. Gould.[3] On 26 July 1943, Empire Brutus was damaged by enemy bombing Script error: No such module "convert". west of Cape Caroeiro, Portugal (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). It took five days for Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". to tow her the Script error: No such module "convert". to Lisbon at Script error: No such module "convert"..[4] She was on a voyage from Newport, Wales to Algiers and Bougie, Algeria laden with ammunition, bombs and trucks.[5]

Empire Brutus was a member of Convoy MKS 43G, which departed Gibraltar on 22 March 1944 bound for the United Kingdom. and Loch Ewe on 10 September. It dispersed at sea on 15 September. She was carrying general cargo.[6] On 8 July 1944, Empire Brutus struck a mine Script error: No such module "convert". off Arromanches, France (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) and was damaged when on a voyage from Juno Beach to Southend-on-Sea in ballast. She was beached on Juno Beach. The following day, she was refloated and towed to Middlesbrough for repairs.[5] Empire Brutus was a member of Convoy MKS 101G, which departed Gibraltar on 15 May 1945 bound for the United Kingdom. Empire Brutus was carrying a cargo of wheat.[7] Those killed whilst serving on Empire Brutus during World War II are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.[8]

Postwar

In 1948, Empire Brutus was sold to the Haddon Steamship Co Ltd, London and renamed Vergmor. In 1950, she was sold to the Turnbull, Scott Shipping Co Ltd and was renamed Southgate, serving with them for five years. In 1950, Southgate was sold to Sadikzade Rusen Ogullari KS, Turkey and renamed Fatih. She served until 1968.[1] Fatih was scrapped at Istanbul in February 1968.[2]

Official Numbers and Code Letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Empire Brutus, Vergmor and Southgate had the UK Official Number 169111.[2] Empire Brutus used the Code Letters BFFY.[3]

References

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