SS Blairspey
SS Blairspey was a steam cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1929 and served in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. In 1940 she survived being part of Convoy SC 7 and managed to reach port, despite being hit by at least three torpedoes from two different U-boats. The ship was rebuilt with a new bow and renamed Empire Spey 1942. Her original name was restored in 1946. She was renamed Evandros 1961 and scrapped in Italy in 1967.
Wikipage redirect
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
SS Blairspey
SS Blairspey was a steam cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1929 and served in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. In 1940 she survived being part of Convoy SC 7 and managed to reach port, despite being hit by at least three torpedoes from two different U-boats. The ship was rebuilt with a new bow and renamed Empire Spey 1942. Her original name was restored in 1946. She was renamed Evandros 1961 and scrapped in Italy in 1967.
length (mm)
has abstract
SS Blairspey was a steam cargo ...... and scrapped in Italy in 1967.
@en
builder
country
length (μ)
1.1332464e+2
operator
power type
ship beam (μ)
1.560576e+1
ship launched
1929-09-05
status
scrapped May 1967
type
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
16,818,706
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,016,834,145
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Ship builder
Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ardrossan
@en
Ship completed
October 1929
@en
Ship country
Ship crew
Ship fate
scrapped May 1967
@en
Ship identification
*UK official number 161892
*code letters LFBD
*
*call sign GNZD
*
@en
Ship launched
1929-09-05
Ship name
SS Blairspey
@en
Ship operator
George Nisbet & Co, Glasgow
@en
Ship owner
*Northern Navigation Co Ltd
*Ministry of War Transport
@en
Ship power
Ship propulsion
*triple-expansion steam engine;
*single screw
@en
Ship registry
Glasgow
@en
Ship renamed
*Empire Spey in 1942
*Blairspey in 1946
*Evandros in 1961
@en
Ship tonnage
*1929–40:
*tonnage under deck 3,690
*
*1942–67:
*tonnage under deck 3,690
*
@en
Ship type
Cargo steamship
@en
Ship yard number
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
hypernym
comment
SS Blairspey was a steam cargo ...... and scrapped in Italy in 1967.
@en
label
SS Blairspey
@en
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
SS Blairspey (1929–42, 1942–61)
@en