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Lamport & Holts' M.V. "Spenser" 3 |
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Lamport & Holts' M.V. "Roscoe" |
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Built: |
Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau &
Machinenfabrik, Vegesack, Germany |
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Dimensions: |
415 x 54.7 x 21.9 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 6334
Net: 2943 |
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Propulsion: |
6-Cyl. 2 S.C.D.A. by M.A.N. of 1164 nhp, 4900 ihp by
shipbuilder |
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Type: |
Cargo Passenger Liner |
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Launched: |
1935 as
Dusseldorf for Norddeutscher Lloyd for West Coast of South America
service via Panama Canal |
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Captured: |
25/12/1939 by cruiser
HMS Despatch
of Punta Caldera in Chilean territorial waters |
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Became: |
1940 Poland
for British Ministry of War Transport. This was before the "Empire"
prefix had come into use. |
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Renamed: |
1940 Empire
Confidence, Royal Mail Line managers |
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Chartered: |
1946 by M.O.W.T. to
Alexandria S.N. Co. Ltd., London and renamed Star of El Nil |
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Replaced: |
1948 by Star of
Alexandria and laid up at Bidston Dock, Birkenhead |
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Moved: |
1949 to the Clyde
Estuary which was cheaper to await disposal |
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Acquired: |
1950 by Lamport & Holt
Line Ltd., and refitted at Harland & Wolff, Belfast to accommodate 6
passengers, 45 crew. Tiled swimming pool added on the "Sun deck" aft the
funnel. Renamed Spenser 3 |
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First sailing: |
28/06/1950 from
Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro - Santos |
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Renamed: |
1955 as Roscoe
to free name Spenser for new ship |
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Scrapped: |
1962 at Bilbao, Spain |
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M.V. Spenser 3 |
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