SS Empire Buffalo
Empire Buffalo was a 6,404 GRT Design 1105 cargo ship which was built in 1919 as Eglantine by Skinner & Eddy for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). She was sold in 1933 to the Lykes Brothers-Ripley Steamship Corporation. In 1940 she was sold to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Buffalo. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-125 in 1942.
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SS Empire Buffalo
Empire Buffalo was a 6,404 GRT Design 1105 cargo ship which was built in 1919 as Eglantine by Skinner & Eddy for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). She was sold in 1933 to the Lykes Brothers-Ripley Steamship Corporation. In 1940 she was sold to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Buffalo. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-125 in 1942.
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Empire Buffalo was a 6,404 GRT ...... oed and sunk by U-125 in 1942.
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active years end date
1942-05-06
builder
length (μ)
1.23444e+2
ship beam (μ)
1.64592e+1
ship launched
1919-10-25
status
Torpedoed and sunk by U-125
top speed (kmh)
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25,585,658
Wikipage revision ID
737,215,231
Caption
Location of the sinking of Empire Buffalo.
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-8.2567e+1
Ship completed
Ship crew
Ship identification
*US Official Number 219278
*U ...... KOPT
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*Code Letters GLRR
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Ship operator
*United States Shipping Board
*Lykes Brothers-Ripley Steamship Co
*Lyle Shipping Co Ltd
Ship owner
*United States Shipping Board ...... Co
*Ministry of War Transport
Ship propulsion
Ship registry
* Seattle
* New Orleans
* London
Ship tonnage
Ship type
Design 1105 cargo ship
Ship yard number
subject
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point
19.233333333333334 -82.56666666666666
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Empire Buffalo was a 6,404 GRT ...... oed and sunk by U-125 in 1942.
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SS Empire Buffalo
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lat
1.9233333333333331e+1
long
-8.256666666666666e+1
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*Eglantine (1919-40)
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*Empire Buffalo (1940-42)
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