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History
Name
  • Empire Aden (1945-48)
  • Etivebank (1948-56)
  • Alcyone Fortune (1956-58)
  • Northern Venture (1958-67)
Owner
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945-48)
  • A Weir & Co (1948-56)
  • Alcyone Shipping Co (1956-58)
  • Pan Norse Steamship Co (1958-67)
Operator
  • H Hogarth & Sons (1945-46)
  • A Weir & Co (1946-56)
  • A Vergottis (1956-58)
  • Wallem & Co (1958-66)
  • Wah Kwong & Co (1966-67)
Port of registry
  • Sunderland (1945-58)
  • Panama (1958-67)
BuilderBartram & Sons, Sunderland
Yard number303
Launched12 February 1945
Completed14 May 1945
Out of service9 June 1967
Identification
  • UK Official Number 180156 (1945-58)
  • Code letters GDMK (1945-58)
Fate
  • Ran aground off Okinawa, 9 June 1967
  • 26°44′45″N 128°21′00″E / 26.74583°N 128.35000°E / 26.74583; 128.35000
General characteristics
Tonnage7,308 GRT
Length431 ft 2 in (131.42 m)
Beam56 ft 3 in (17.15 m)
Depth35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Propulsion1 x triple expansion steam engine of 510 hp (380 kW)

SS Empire Aden was a 7,308 ton steamship which was built in 1945 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), she was sold in 1948 becoming Etivebank, and sold in 1956 and renamed Alcyone Fortune. In 1958 she was sold to Panama and renamed Northern Venture serving until running aground off Okinawa in 1967.

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