MV Tower Grange
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Tower Grange |
| Owner | Tower Steamships Co Ltd[1] |
| Operator | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London[1] |
| Builder | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
| Launched | 22 June 1940 |
| Completed | July 1940[1] |
| Homeport | London |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by torpedo 18 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 427.6 ft (130.3 m)[1] |
| Beam | 56.5 ft (17.2 m)[1] |
| Draught | 26 ft 10+3⁄4 in (8.20 m)[1] |
| Depth | 26.5 ft (8.1 m)[1] |
| Installed power | 516 NHP[1] |
| Propulsion | 3-cylinder |
| Crew | 47 |
| Notes | sister ship: Putney Hill |
MV Tower Grange was a
Sunderland in 1940.[2] She was owned by Tower Steamships Co Ltd and managed by Counties Ship Management Co Ltd of London (CSM), both of which were offshoots of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company.[3] Tower Grange was a sister ship of MV Putney Hill
, which Doxford built in the same year for another CSM company, Putney Hill Steamships Co Ltd.
Sinking
In 1942 Tower Grange under
Approximate position of Putney Hill's wreck
Tower Grange's survivors abandoned ship but the lifeboats became separated. After six days the
First Officer and ten other survivors on 25 November and took them to Trinidad.[2]
Replacement ship
In 1947 Tower Steamships bought the 1944-built Empire ship Empire Morley and renamed her Tower Grange. In 1959 she was transferred to a new Rethymnis & Kulukundis Company, London & Overseas Freighters, who renamed her London Trader. In 1950 LOF sold her to new owners who registered her under the Panamanian flag of convenience as Nico. She was scrapped in Etajima, Japan in 1969.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1942. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Helgason, Guðmundur (1995–2010). "Tower Grange". uboat.net. Guðmundur Helgason. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ Fenton, Roy (2006). "Counties Ship Management 1934–2007". LOF–News. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
Sources & further reading
- Sedgwick, Stanley (1993) [1992]. Kinnaird, Mark; O'Donoghue, K.J. (eds.). London & Overseas Freighters, 1948–92: A Short History. Kendal: ISBN 0-905617-68-1.
- Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R.F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949–1977. Kendal: ISBN 0905617037.
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