MV Aqueity (1945)
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Aqueity was an Template:GRT coastal tanker which was built by A & J Inglis Ltd, Glasgow in 1945 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Belgrave. In 1947 she was sold to F T Everard and Sons and renamed Aqueity, being lost later that year when she struck a mine and sank off the coast of the Netherlands.
Description
Empire Belgrave was built by A. & J. Inglis Ltd, Glasgow.[1] She was yard number 1299. Empire Belgrave was launched on 16 March 1945 and completed on 19 June.[2] She was Script error: No such module "convert". long, with a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a depth of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] Her GRT was 890,[1] DWT 900[4] with a NRT of 382.[3]
Career
Empire Belgrave was managed for the MoWT by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd.[3] Postwar management passed to Shell Tankers.[5] In 1947, Empire Belgrave was sold to F T Everard & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe and renamed Aqueity. On 11 November 1947, she struck a mine off Terschelling, the Netherlands and sank.[1] The wreck lies in Script error: No such module "convert". of water at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[6]
Official Numbers and Code Letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. The ship had the UK Official Number 169440 and the Code Letters GKJW.[3]
Propulsion
The ship was propelled by a two-stroke Single Cycle, Single Action diesel engine which had four cylinders of Script error: No such module "convert". diameter by Script error: No such module "convert". stroke. It was built by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow.[3]
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- Shipwrecks of the Netherlands
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