SS Empire Brigade
SS Empire Brigade was a 5,184 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1912 as SS Hannington Court. She served through the First World War and was sold in 1936 to Achille Lauro, who renamed her Elios. In 1940 when Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom she was interned by the UK as a war prize and taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which renamed her Empire Brigade. Four months later she was torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
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SS Empire Brigade
SS Empire Brigade was a 5,184 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1912 as SS Hannington Court. She served through the First World War and was sold in 1936 to Achille Lauro, who renamed her Elios. In 1940 when Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom she was interned by the UK as a war prize and taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which renamed her Empire Brigade. Four months later she was torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
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SS Empire Brigade was a 5,184 ...... as torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
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1940-10-19
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ship beam (μ)
1.63068e+1
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Sunk by torpedo from
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16,589,638
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732,001,677
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Approximate position of Empire Brigades wreck
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-1.0717e+1
Ship class
cargo steamship
Ship completed
Ship crew
Ship identification
*UK official number 135157
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*call sign GLZS
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Ship operator
*Haldin & Philipps
*Achille Lauro
*Cairns, Noble & Co Ltd
Ship propulsion
triple-expansion steam engine; single screw
Ship registry
* London
* London
* Naples
* Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ship tonnage
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*tonnage under deck 4,873
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57.2 -10.716666666666667
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SS Empire Brigade was a 5,184 ...... as torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
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SS Empire Brigade
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-1.0716666666666668e+1
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*Elios (1936–40)
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*Empire Brigade (1940)
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*Hannington Court (1912–36)
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