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Empire ship of the United Kingdom
History Name
Empire Albany (1944-46)Albany (1946) Owner
Ministry of War Transport (1944-46)
Mrs P Dowds (1946)
Operator
J Fisher & Sons Ltd (1944-46)
Mrs P Dowds (1946)
Port of registry
Lowestoft (1944-46)
Ireland (1946) Builder Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft Yard number 337 Launched 3 October 1944 Completed December 1944 Identification
UK Official Number 166695 (1944-46)
Code letters MPDM (1944-46)
Fate Sank 20 November 1946 General characteristics Tonnage 306
GRT Length 132 ft 5 in (40.36 m) Beam 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) Depth 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) Propulsion 2 x SCSA diesel engines (
Crossley ,
Manchester ) 110 hp (82 kW)
Empire Albany Coaster which was built in 1944. She was renamed Albany in 1946 and disappeared on a voyage between
Port Talbot and
Rosslare in 1946.
History Empire Albany was built by Richards Ironworks Ltd,
Lowestoft as yard number 337. She was launched on 3 October 1944 and completed in December 1944. Empire Airman was owned by the
Ministry of War Transport
[1] and operated under the management of the J Fisher & Sons Ltd.
[2]
In 1946, Empire Albany was sold to Mrs P Dowds,
Ireland and renamed Albany . On 20 November 1946, Albany departed Port Talbot bound for Rosslare, but did not arrive.
[3] Albany was carrying a cargo of coal. Two ship's boats and the name board from Albany were washed up near
St David's Head on 22 November.
[4]
Official number and code letters Official numbers were a forerunner to
IMO Numbers .
Empire Airman had the Official Number 166695 on
Lloyd's Register and used the
Code Letters MPBM
[2]
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1946
Shipwrecks
1 Jan:
USS Dorsey 2 Jan:
U-516 U-2502 3 Jan:
Empire Tigachi U-825 U-2336 U-2351 5 Jan:
U-541 U-901 U-2506 6 Jan:
U-1109 U-2356 7 Jan:
U-1010 U-1023 U-2511 8 Jan:
HMS Safari 14 Jan:
USS Snowbell ,
USS Southard 28 Jan:
Bluenose 30 Jan:
Luray Victory January (unknown date):
Akagi Maru 2 Feb:
U-764 3 Feb:
I-505 5 Feb:
U-1228 10 Feb:
U-975 12 Feb:
I-501 U-3514 14 Feb:
Fulham VII 15 Feb:
I-502 I-506 February (unknown date):
U-1197 1 Mar:
Sackett's Harbor 4 Mar:
USS Extricate 6 Mar:
George W. Norris 11 Mar:
USS Roche 16 Mar:
Karl Leonhardt 26 Mar:
Z34 27 Mar:
HM LST-405 1 Apr:
Charles S. Haight Ha-103 Ha-105 Ha-106 Ha-107 Ha-108 Ha-109 Ha-111 Ha-201 Ha-202 Ha-203 Ha-208 I-36 I-47 I-53 I-58 I-156 I-157 I-158 I-159 I-162 I-366 I-367 I-402 Ro-50 4 Apr:
USS S-35 5 Apr:
Ha-207 Ha-210 Ha-216 I-202 Ro-31 8 Apr:
USS Despatch 9 Apr:
Empire Bridge 16 Apr:
I-503 I-504 21 Apr:
Empire Christopher 24 Apr:
Alfios 30 Apr:
Georgetown Victory I-121 Ro-68 Ro-500 USS Solar ,
HMS Stubborn ,
HMAS Tolga 1 May:
HMS Tarantula 8 May:
I-153 I-154 I-155 9 May:
Ha-205 14 May:
USS Bellona 21 May:
I-203 23 May:
I-201 24 May: DD-224 (ex-
USS Stewart ) 28 May:
I-14 31 May:
I-401 May (unknown date):
Ro-62 Ro-63 4 Jun:
I-400 Kunashiri 7 Jun:
Kamikaze 8 Jun:
Myōkō 9 Jun:
USS Solar 1 Jul:
USS Anderson ,
USS Carlisle ,
USS Gilliam ,
USS Lamson ,
Sakawa 25 Jul:
USS Apogon ,
USS Arkansas ,
USS LSM-60 ,
USS Pilotfish ,
USS Saratoga ,
USS Skipjack 30 Jul:
Nagato 2 Aug:
Empire Cross August (unknown date):
I-372 19 Sep:
Ohio 16 Oct:
Cassius Hudson 17 Oct:
HMAS Waree 19 Oct:
Takao 13 Nov:
U-977 20 Nov:
Albany 27 Nov:
Laksnes 2 Dec:
HMCS Middlesex 6 Dec:
N35 8 Dec:
Liberté HMS Saltburn 16 Dec:
Leipzig Z29 22 Dec:
Prinz Eugen 24 Dec:
Northeastern Victory 26 Dec:
Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski 31 Dec:
Monte Pascoal Schwabenland Unknown date:
Claus Von Bevern ,
Yu 1007 Other incidents
