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History
Name
  • Empire Bardolph (1942–46)
  • Memling (1946–53)
  • Vancouver Star (1953–57)
  • Memling (1957–59)
Owner
  • MoWT (1942–46)
  • Lamport and Holt Line Ltd (1946–53)
  • Blue Star Line (1953–59)
Operator
  • Donaldson, Brothers & Black Ltd (1943–44)
  • Lamport and Holt Line Ltd (1944–53)
  • Blue Star Line (1953–59)
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom Sunderland (1943–53)
  • United Kingdom UK (1953–59)
BuilderCaledon Short Brothers Ltd, Sunderland
Yard number474
Launched8 December 1942
CompletedMarch 1943
Identification
  • UK official number 169109 (1942-59)
  • Call sign BFDP (1943-53)
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 7,017 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 6,556
  • 4,758 NRT
Length431.0 ft (131.4 m)
Beam56.3 ft (17.2 m)
Draught27 ft 10 in (8.48 m)
Depth35.2 ft (10.7 m)
Installed power537 MN
Propulsion1 × triple-expansion steam engine (North East Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne)
Capacity259,960 cubic feet (7,361 m3) refrigerated cargo space
Sensors and
processing systems
wireless direction finding
ArmamentDEMS (1943–45)

Empire Bardolph was a 7,017 GRT refrigerated cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). It was sold in 1946 and renamed Memling and sold again in 1953 and renamed Vancouver Star, being renamed Memling in 1957. It was scrapped in 1959.

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