"Barton Grange" redirects here. For the house in Somerset, see Barton Grange, Corfe.
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
Glasgow (1944-58)
Hong Kong (1958-62)
Panama (1962-67)
Builder
Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow
Yard number
998
Launched
27 June 1944
Completed
September 1944
Identification
Official Number 169514 (1944-58)
Code Letters GFLW (1944-49)
General characteristics
Tonnage
7,201 GRT
9,414 DWT
4,272 NRT
Length
432 ft 7 in (131.85 m)
Beam
56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)
Depth
34 ft 4 in (10.46 m)
Propulsion
1 x triple expansion steam engine (Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow) 560 hp (420 kW)
Capacity
285,644 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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