SS Empire Explorer
Empire Explorer was a 5,985 GRT cargo ship that was built as the cargo liner Inanda in 1925 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for a British shipping line. She was hired by the Royal Navy in 1940 for use as an ocean boarding vessel but was sunk in an air raid London in September 1940. She was salvaged, rebuilt as a cargo ship, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Explorer. She served until 9 July 1942, when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-575 in the West Indies.
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SS Empire Explorer
Empire Explorer was a 5,985 GRT cargo ship that was built as the cargo liner Inanda in 1925 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for a British shipping line. She was hired by the Royal Navy in 1940 for use as an ocean boarding vessel but was sunk in an air raid London in September 1940. She was salvaged, rebuilt as a cargo ship, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Explorer. She served until 9 July 1942, when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-575 in the West Indies.
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Empire Explorer was a 5,985 GR ...... k by U-575 in the West Indies.
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1942-07-09
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1.240536e+2
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1.58496e+1
ship launched
1925-02-24
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Torpedoed and sunk
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Location where Empire Explorer was torpedoed and sunk off Grenada.
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Ship armament
Ship builder
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardon Ltd
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Ship class
*Cargo liner
*Cargo ship
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Ship completed
May 1925
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Ship crew
Ship fate
Torpedoed and sunk
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Ship identification
*United Kingdom Official Number 147310
*Code Letters KSNF
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*Code Letters GLMB
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Ship launched
1925-02-24
Ship name
*Inanda
*Empire Explorer
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Ship operator
*T & J Harrison Ltd
*Royal Navy
*T & J Harrison Ltd
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Ship out of service
1942-07-09
Ship owner
*Charente Steamship Co Ltd
*Ministry of War Transport
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Ship power
Ship propulsion
Quadruple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller
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Ship registry
* Liverpool, United Kingdom
* London
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Ship tonnage
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*6,900 DWT
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Empire Explorer was a 5,985 GR ...... k by U-575 in the West Indies.
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SS Empire Explorer
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1.1666666666666663e+1
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*Empire Explorer (1941–42)
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*Inanda (1925–41)
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