Empire ship of the United Kingdom
History Name Empire Albany (1944-46) Albany (1946) Owner Ministry of War Transport (1944-46) Mrs P Dowds (1946) Operator J Fisher & Sons Ltd (1944-46) Mrs P Dowds (1946) Port of registry Lowestoft (1944-46) Ireland (1946) Builder Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft Yard number 337 Launched 3 October 1944 Completed December 1944 Identification UK Official Number 166695 (1944-46) Code letters MPDM (1944-46) Fate Sank 20 November 1946 General characteristics Tonnage 306 GRT Length 132 ft 5 in (40.36 m) Beam 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) Depth 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) Propulsion 2 x SCSA diesel engines (Crossley , Manchester ) 110 hp (82 kW)
Empire Albany was a 306-ton Coaster which was built in 1944. She was renamed Albany in 1946 and disappeared on a voyage between Port Talbot and Rosslare in 1946.
Empire Albany was built by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft as yard number 337. She was launched on 3 October 1944 and completed in December 1944. Empire Airman was owned by the Ministry of War Transport [ 1] and operated under the management of the J Fisher & Sons Ltd.[ 2]
In 1946, Empire Albany was sold to Mrs P Dowds, Ireland and renamed Albany . On 20 November 1946, Albany departed Port Talbot bound for Rosslare, but did not arrive.[ 3] Albany was carrying a cargo of coal. Two ship's boats and the name board from Albany were washed up near St David's Head on 22 November.[ 4]
Official number and code letters [ edit ] Official numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers .
Empire Airman had the Official Number 166695 on Lloyd's Register and used the Code Letters MPBM[ 2]
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1946
Shipwrecks 1 Jan: USS Dorsey 2 Jan: U-516 , U-2502 3 Jan: Empire Tigachi , U-825 , U-2336 , U-2351 5 Jan: U-541 , U-901 , U-2506 6 Jan: U-1109 , U-2356 7 Jan: U-1010 , U-1023 , U-2511 8 Jan: HMS Safari 14 Jan: USS Snowbell , USS Southard 28 Jan: Bluenose 30 Jan: Luray Victory January (unknown date): Akagi Maru 2 Feb: U-764 3 Feb: I-505 5 Feb: U-1228 10 Feb: U-975 12 Feb: I-501 , U-3514 14 Feb: Fulham VII 15 Feb: I-502 , I-506 February (unknown date): U-1197 1 Mar: Sackett's Harbor 4 Mar: USS Extricate 6 Mar: George W. Norris 11 Mar: USS Roche 16 Mar: Karl Leonhardt 26 Mar: Z34 27 Mar: HM LST-405 1 Apr: Charles S. Haight , Ha-103 , Ha-105 , Ha-106 , Ha-107 , Ha-108 , Ha-109 , Ha-111 , Ha-201 , Ha-202 , Ha-203 , Ha-208 , I-36 , I-47 , I-53 , I-58 , I-156 , I-157 , I-158 , I-159 , I-162 , I-366 , I-367 , I-402 , Ro-50 4 Apr: USS S-35 5 Apr: Ha-207 , Ha-210 , Ha-216 , I-202 , Ro-31 8 Apr: USS Despatch 9 Apr: Empire Bridge 16 Apr: I-503 , I-504 21 Apr: Empire Christopher 24 Apr: Alfios 30 Apr: Georgetown Victory , I-121 , Ro-68 , Ro-500 , USS Solar , HMS Stubborn , HMAS Tolga 1 May: HMS Tarantula 8 May: I-153 , I-154 , I-155 9 May: Ha-205 14 May: USS Bellona 21 May: I-203 23 May: I-201 24 May: DD-224 (ex-USS Stewart ) 28 May: I-14 31 May: I-401 May (unknown date): Ro-62 , Ro-63 4 Jun: I-400 , Kunashiri 7 Jun: Kamikaze 8 Jun: Myōkō 9 Jun: USS Solar 1 Jul: USS Anderson , USS Carlisle , USS Gilliam , USS Lamson , Sakawa 25 Jul: USS Apogon , USS Arkansas , USS LSM-60 , USS Pilotfish , USS Saratoga , USS Skipjack 30 Jul: Nagato 2 Aug: Empire Cross August (unknown date): I-372 19 Sep: Ohio 16 Oct: Cassius Hudson 17 Oct: HMAS Waree 19 Oct: Takao 13 Nov: U-977 20 Nov: Albany 27 Nov: Laksnes 2 Dec: HMCS Middlesex 6 Dec: N35 8 Dec: Liberté , HMS Saltburn 16 Dec: Leipzig , Z29 22 Dec: Prinz Eugen 24 Dec: Northeastern Victory 26 Dec: Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski 31 Dec: Monte Pascoal , Schwabenland Unknown date: Claus Von Bevern , HMS Truant , Yu 1007 Other incidents