SS Empire Amethyst
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Empire Amethyst |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | Hadley Shipping Co, Middlesbrough |
| Port of registry: |
 Middlesbrough |
| Builder: | Furness Shipbuilding Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
| Yard number: | 330 |
| Launched: | 8 July 1941 |
| Completed: | September 1941 |
| Out of service: | 13 April 1942 |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Sunk by U-154, 13 April 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 8,032 GRT |
| Length: | 463 ft 5 in (141.25 m) |
| Beam: | 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m) |
| Depth: | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x triple expansion steam engine (Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool) 674 hp (503 kW) |
| Complement: | 47 crew |
Empire Amethyst was an 8,032 ton tanker which was built in 1941. She was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-154 on 13 April 1942.
Empire Amethyst was built by the Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees as yard number 330. She was launched on 8 July 1941 and completed in December 1941.Empire Amethyst was built for the Ministry of War Transport and operated under the management of the Hadley Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough. Empire Amethyst was homeported in Middlesbrough.
Empire Amethyst was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.
Convoy ON 17 sailed from Liverpool on 17 September 1941 and Loch Ewe on 19 September. The convoy dispersed on 29 September.
On 23 January 1942, Empire Amethyst picked up five survivors from the Norwegian SS Innerøy, which had been torpedoed and sunk by U-553. The survivors were taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Convoy HX 173 sailed from Halifax for Liverpool on 1 February 1942, arriving on 14 February.
Convoy OS 21 sailed from Liverpool on 4 March 1942 and arrived at Freetown, Sierra Leone on 24 March. Empire Amethyst was in ballast, having discharged her cargo at Milford Haven. She had to call at Belfast to allow a crew member to be discharged through illness and a replacement to be taken on board. On reaching Freetown, Empire Amethyst sailed for New Orleans.
In mid-April 1942, Empire Amethyst left New Orleans bound for Freetown carrying a cargo of 12,000 tons of motor spirit. Her intended route took her via the Lesser Antilles and then across the Atlantic to Freetown.
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