Global InformationSS Matelots Pillien et Peyrat information
| History | |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Short Brothers Ltd |
| Yard number | 475 |
| Launched | 19 February 1943 |
| Completed | May 1943 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Driven ashore and damaged. Declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 7,058 GRT, 4,873 NRT, 10,435 DWT |
| Length | 431 ft 0 in (131.37 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 3 in (17.15 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Depth | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 510 nhp |
| Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
| Armament | Anti-torpedo nets (Empire Friendship) |
Matelots Pillien et Peyrat was a 7,058 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1943 as Empire Friendship by Short Brothers Ltd, Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Ownership was transferred to the French Government in 1945, when she was renamed Matelots Pillien et Peyrat She was sold to Compagnie Havraise de Navigation à Vapeur, Paris in 1948. She was driven ashore at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône in October 1962. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped.