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History
Name
  • Empire Balfour (1944-49)
  • Barton Grange (1949-58)
  • Sunlight (1958-67)
Owner
  • Ministry of War Transport (1944-49)
  • Houlder Bros & Co Ltd, Glasgow (1949-58)
  • Western Steamship Co Ltd, Hong Kong (1958-62)
  • Pan-Norse Steamship Co SA, Panama (1962-67)
Operator
  • Elders & Fyffes Ltd (1944-45)
  • Houlder Bros & Co Ltd (1945-58)
  • Wang Kee & Co Ltd, Hong Kong (1958-62)
  • Wallem & Co Ltd, Hong Kong (1962-67)
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom Glasgow (1944-58)
  • United Kingdom Hong Kong (1958-62)
  • Panama Panama (1962-67)
BuilderLithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow
Yard number998
Launched27 June 1944
CompletedSeptember 1944
Identification
  • Official Number 169514 (1944-58)
  • Code Letters GFLW (1944-49)
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 7,201 GRT
  • 9,414 DWT
  • 4,272 NRT
Length432 ft 7 in (131.85 m)
Beam56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)
Depth34 ft 4 in (10.46 m)
Propulsion1 x triple expansion steam engine (Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow) 560 hp (420 kW)
Capacity285,644 cubic feet (8,088.5 m3) refrigerated cargo space

Empire Balfour was a 7,201 ton refrigerated cargo ship which was built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow in 1944 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold to her managers in 1949 and renamed Barton Grange. In 1958 she was sold to the Western Steamship Co Ltd, Hong Kong and renamed Sunlight. In 1962, she was sold to the Pan-Norse Steamship Co SA, Panama, serving for a further five years until scrapped in 1967.

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