SS Goodleigh (1928)
Goodleigh was a 3,857 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1928 by J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Dulverton Steamship Company. In 1937 she was sold to Fisser & Van Doornum, Emden and was renamed Christian Van Doornum.She was in port in Canada when war was declared between the United Kingdom and Germany. She was seized as a war prize and passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).Renamed Empire Commerce, she served until 9 June 1940 when she struck a mine off Margate, Kent. She was beached and her cargo was salvaged, but Empire Commerce was deemed a constructive total loss and was scrapped in situ. She was the first Empire ship lost through enemy action in the Second World War.
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SS Goodleigh (1928)
Goodleigh was a 3,857 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1928 by J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Dulverton Steamship Company. In 1937 she was sold to Fisser & Van Doornum, Emden and was renamed Christian Van Doornum.She was in port in Canada when war was declared between the United Kingdom and Germany. She was seized as a war prize and passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).Renamed Empire Commerce, she served until 9 June 1940 when she struck a mine off Margate, Kent. She was beached and her cargo was salvaged, but Empire Commerce was deemed a constructive total loss and was scrapped in situ. She was the first Empire ship lost through enemy action in the Second World War.
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Goodleigh was a 3,857 GRT carg ...... ction in the Second World War.
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1940-06-09
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Struck a mine and beached
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Ship builder
J L Thompson & Sons Ltd
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Ship class
Cargo ship
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Ship completed
March 1928
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Ship fate
Struck a mine and beached
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*Code Le ...... Kingdom Official Number 160368
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Ship name
*Goodleigh
*Christoph Van Doornum
*Empire Commerce
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Ship operator
*Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
*Fisser & Van Doornum
*H Chisholm & Co Ltd
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Ship out of service
1940-06-09
Ship owner
*Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
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*Ministry of War Transport
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Ship power
Triple expansion steam engine
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Ship propulsion
Screw propellor
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* London
* Hamburg
* London
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Goodleigh was a 3,857 GRT carg ...... ction in the Second World War.
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SS Goodleigh (1928)
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*Christoph Van Doornum (1937–39)
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*Empire Commerce (1939–40)
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*Goodleigh (1928–37)
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