Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1940 | Empire Lough | British Government |
Loaded a cargo of cased petrol & government stores at London & joined convoy ETC-17 which left Southend on 24 June 1944 on a voyage for Gold Beach, Normandy. On the same day the convoy was attacked by German long range shore batteries in the Dover Straits. She was hit & beached east of Folkestone where she was declared a total loss. Master Robert Robinson. Two hands were lost.
The following notes on dockyard ship movements were made at the time by Mr. Thomas W. Withers, of South Crescent, Hartlepool:
Empire Lough – 1940 – No.1108
Shipyard to North Quay End
North Quay End to Swainson Dock
Swainson Dock to Shipyard
Shipyard to Warehouse
Warehouse to Yard
Shipyard to Warehouse
Warehouse to Yard
Dec. 10th – Shipyard to Central Drydock
Dec. 12th – Drydock to Tay Bridge
Dec. 13th – Tay Bridge to sea