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Anglia was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as Weserberg in 1944 by P Smit, Rotterdam, Netherlands for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Germany. She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Gallery. She was sold to Singapore in 1947 and renamed Kampar. She was sold in 1957 to Greece and renamed Anglia before being sold the next year to Panama. She served until 1974 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was 85.19 m (279 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 13.49 m (44 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 4.78 m (15 ft 8 in). She was assessed as 1,925 GRT, 937 NRT, 3,120 DWT.

The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 42 cm (169⁄16 inches) and two cylinders of 90 cm (357⁄16 inches) diameter by 90 cm (357⁄16 inches) stroke. The engine was built P Smit. Rated at 1,200IHP, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h).

History

Weserberg was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as yard number 585 by NV Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf P Smit Jr., Rotterdam, Netherlands for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. She was launched in June 1994 and completed at Bremerhaven in February 1945. Her port of registry was Hamburg.

In May 1945, Weserberg was seized as a prize of war at Kiel. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport. She was renamed Empire Gallery. The Code Letters GMCT and United Kingdom Official Number 180653 were allocated. Her port of registry was London and she was operated under the management of the William Brown, Atkinson & Co Ltd, Hull. On 15 October, she struck a mine 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France and was damaged. She was towed in to Le Verdon-sur-Mer. Empire Galleon arrived at Penarth, Glamorgan under tow on 7 January 1946 and was repaired there.

In 1947 Empire Galleon was sold to the Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Singapore and was renamed Kampar.

In 1957, Kampar was sold to Hellenic Lines, Greece and was renamed Anglia. Her port of registry was Piraeus. She was sold the next year to Universal Cargo Carriers, Panama. With their introduction in the 1960s, Anglia was allocated the IMO Number 5017589. She arrived at Gemlik, Turkey on 23 February for scrapping by Centas Celik Makina. Anglia was scrapped in April 1974.

References

1. ^ "Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships" (PDF). Lloyd's List. Lloyd's of London. 1945. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. ^ "Weserberg (Ty.)" (in Danish). J Marcussen. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
3. ^ Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Colour photograph of Anglia.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1945
Shipwrecks	1 Oct: Empire Cormorant 8 Oct: Kuri 9 Oct: USS Dorsey, USS Extricate, USS Greene, USS Industry, USS Lamberton, USS LST-826, USS Nestor, USS Ocelot, USS Silica, USS SC-636, USS Snowbell, USS Southard, USS Southern Seas (a.k.a. Lyndonia), USS Weehawken, USS Vandalia 15 Oct: Zhong’anlun 16 Oct: Takliwa 26 Oct: HMS Saltburn 29 Oct: Ha-204, I-363 30 Oct: Wairuna Unknown date: Ha-101, Ha-102, Ha-104
Other incidents	15 Oct: Empire Gallery 16 Oct: Orphée 17 Oct: Kirov 22 Oct: Kronprinsen
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• Merchant ships of Singapore
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• Cargo ships of Greece
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• Merchant ships of Panama
• Steamships of Panama