CS Ocean Layer
Ocean Layer was a 2,773 GRT cable ship built as a cargo ship in 1945 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, German. She was seized in May 1945 before launching and claimed as a war prize. Named Empire Frome, she was allocated to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). The ship was completed in 1948. She was sold and converted to a cable ship in 1953, operating until 1959 when she caught fire at sea. Although she safely reached port, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
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CS Ocean Layer
Ocean Layer was a 2,773 GRT cable ship built as a cargo ship in 1945 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, German. She was seized in May 1945 before launching and claimed as a war prize. Named Empire Frome, she was allocated to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). The ship was completed in 1948. She was sold and converted to a cable ship in 1953, operating until 1959 when she caught fire at sea. Although she safely reached port, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
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Ocean Layer was a 2,773 GRT ca ...... ctive total loss and scrapped.
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1959-06-15
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Caught fire and damaged. Declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped
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Location where Ocean Layer caught fire.
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*Cargo ship
*Cable ship
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United Kingdom
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Caught fire and damaged. Declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped
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*United Kingdom Official Number 181837
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*Empire Frome
*Ocean Layer
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*George Nesbit & Co
*Submarine Cables Ltd
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Ship out of service
1959-06-15
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*Ministry of War Transport
*Ministry of Transport
*Submarine Cables Ltd
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Lenz steam engine, exhaust turbine
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Single screw propeller
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Ocean Layer was a 2,773 GRT ca ...... ctive total loss and scrapped.
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CS Ocean Layer
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*Empire Frome (1945–55)
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*Ocean Layer (1955–59)
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