Ship Details

Cape Wrath (H.M.S.)

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Registry #1 (RN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1946 Cape Wrath (H.M.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1951 Marine Fortune Name 7
Name 3 1954 Saint Marcos Name 8
Name 4 1955 Ditmar Koel Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1946 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) ? x ? x ?
Builder West Coast Ship Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 8500 Type 1 Maintenance Ship, Coastal Craft
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Freighter
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1946 she was owned by the Royal Navy. In 1951 she was sold at Bremerhaven Germany for conversion to a merchant vessel. In 1951 she was owned by Marine Enterprises Ltd., London UK and managed by Lyras Bros. Ltd., London UK. In 1954 she was owned by Hanseatische Reederei and managed by Emil Offen Co., Hamburg Germany.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1963-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name A headland on the northwest of Scotland.
 
Anecdotes
In 1963 this vessel was reported to have been broken up at Hong Kong.
 
References
Heal, S.C. (1999); J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK;
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