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History
United Kingdom
Name
MV Atheltemplar
Operator
United Molasses Co Ltd, London (1930–1940)
Athel Lines Ltd (1940–43)
Port of registry
Liverpool
Builder
Lithgows, Port Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number
843
Launched
15 April 1930
Completed
1930
Out of service
14 September 1942
Identification
UK official number 161160
code letters LGBH (1930–33)
Call sign GJYQ (1934–42)
Fate
Sunk on 14 September 1942
General characteristics
Class and type
Molasses tanker
Tonnage
8,939 GRT
Length
475 ft (144.78 m)
Beam
63 ft 5 in (19.33 m)
Depth
35 ft (10.67 m)
Installed power
709 NHP
Propulsion
Twin screws powered by 2 x 6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting diesel engines (John G. Kincaid & Company, Greenock)
Speed
11 knots (20 km/h)
Capacity
9,400 tons of Admiralty fuel oil
Crew
44 (early Second World War)
61 (Arctic convoys)
Armament
Early Second World War:
1 × 4.7" gun
1 × 12-pounder AA gun
4 × Lewis .303" machine guns
1 × barrage kite
MV Atheltemplar was a motor tanker built by Lithgows, Port Glasgow. She was launched on 15 April 1930, registered in Liverpool and operated by the United Molasses Co Ltd of London. She was transferred to Athel Lines on 1 January 1940.
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whose bodies were recovered from the sea following an attack on the MVAtheltemplar on 1 March 1941 during World War II. In addition, the cemetery also...
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VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 15 July 2011. "MV Empire Dawn (+1941)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 May 2011. "Empire Clough to...
Star (1946), SS Murillo (1946–52), SS Bogliasco (1952–54), MV Bogliasco (1954–63) and MV Ocean Peace (1963–67). She was built as a steamship, but in...
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commemorated on panel 39 of the Tower Hill Memorial, London. "Launched 1940: mv EMPIRE COMET". Clydesite. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved...
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com. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Captain George Duffy. "The Dreadful Saga of the MV American Leader and Her Crew". American Merchant Marine at War USMM.org. Retrieved...
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