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.
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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.
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SS Blairspey was a steam cargo ...... and scrapped in Italy in 1967.
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1.1332464e+2
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1.560576e+1
ship launched
1929-09-05
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scrapped May 1967
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Ship identification
*UK official number 161892
*code letters LFBD
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*call sign GNZD
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Ship propulsion
*triple-expansion steam engine;
*single screw
Ship registry
Ship renamed
*Empire Spey in 1942
*Blairspey in 1946
*Evandros in 1961
Ship tonnage
*1929–40:
*tonnage under deck 3,690
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*1942–67:
*tonnage under deck 3,690
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SS Blairspey was a steam cargo ...... and scrapped in Italy in 1967.
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SS Blairspey
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SS Blairspey (1929–42, 1942–61)
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