SS Empire Conyngham
Empire Conyngham was a 1,408 GRT cargo ship that was built as Marie in 1899 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany for German owners. A sale in 1923 saw her renamed Norburg. She was sold to Latvia in 1925 and renamed Gauja, serving until 1941 when she was captured by the Kriegsmarine in the Baltic Sea. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Conyngham. In 1946, she was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete bombs.
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SS Empire Conyngham
Empire Conyngham was a 1,408 GRT cargo ship that was built as Marie in 1899 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany for German owners. A sale in 1923 saw her renamed Norburg. She was sold to Latvia in 1925 and renamed Gauja, serving until 1941 when she was captured by the Kriegsmarine in the Baltic Sea. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Conyngham. In 1946, she was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete bombs.
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Empire Conyngham was a 1,408 G ...... ith a cargo of obsolete bombs.
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1949-06-20
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7.34568e+1
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1.09728e+1
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29,456,987
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734,287,538
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Location of the scuttling of Empire Conyngham.
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*Code Letters TBDP
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*Code Letters YLCZ
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*Code Letters DOTD
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*Code Letters GKWN
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*H Schuldt
*Ozean Dampsfchiff ...... nsport
*Ministry of Transport
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Screw propeller
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* Flensburg
* Flensburg
* Riga
* Rostock
* London
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Empire Conyngham was a 1,408 G ...... ith a cargo of obsolete bombs.
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SS Empire Conyngham
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4.786666666666667e+1
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*Empire Conyngham (1945–49)
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*Friedrich (1941–45)
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*Gauja (1925–41)
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*Marie (1899–1923)
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*Norburg (1923–25)
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