About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: SS Ragnhild, SS Irma, USS Bermuda, USS Barnett, SS Empire Conveyor, SS Gripfast, SS Belgian Captain, USS McCawley, SS Edenhurst, USS Arethusa, SS Empire Cabot, USS Zuiderdijk, SS Ravelston, SS Empire Caicos, SS Tobruk, SS Empire Amethyst, SS Wallsend, HMCS St. Thomas, UBS Mayu, SS Empire Cobbett, SS Empire Celt, SS Empire Bay, MV Empire Chancellor, SS Seniority, SS Loch Ryan, SS Empire Coleridge, SS Dia, SS Lesbian, SS Manticos, SS Empire Arnold, USS Maartensdijk, SS Empire Beaumont, SS Montrose, USS Caesar, SS Hewsang, RFA Eaglesdale, USS Justin, HMS Samphire, PS Tattershall Castle, SS Flynderborg, PS Wingfield Castle, USS Maumee, RFA Maine, Southern Pride, HMS Zinnia, HMS Tulip, HMS Hadleigh Castle, SS Arvonian, German auxiliary raider Adjutant. Excerpt: Ragnhild was a 2,866 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1941 for the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Carey. In 1942 she was transferred to the Norwegian Government in exile and renamed Ragnhild. Her war service is very well documented, and serves to illustrate a typical tramp ship's service life during the Second World War. She was sold out of government service in 1946 and renamed Penelope. She was sold to Finland in 1950 and served until 1972 when she was sold to Sweden, renamed Ingeborg and hulked. Laid up in 1974, she was scrapped in Denmark in 1976. The ship was built by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool, as yard number 1125. She was launched on 20 October 1941 and completed in December. The ship was 315 feet 4 inches (96.11 m) long, with a beam of 46 feet 5 inches (14.15 m) and a depth of 23 feet 0 inches (7.01 m). Her GRT was 2,066, with a NRT of 1,688. Her DWT was 4,670. She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 20 inches (51 cm), 31 inches (79 cm) and 55 inches (140 cm) diameter and 39 inches (99 c...
