| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Sparrows Point, Maryland |
| Yard number | 4182 |
| Launched | 7 December 1918 |
| Completed | March 1919 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in Hamburg, 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 4,714GRT |
| Length | 377 ft (114.91 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft 3 in (15.93 m) |
| Depth | 27 ft (8.23 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion steam engine (Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd) 320 hp (240 kW) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Hoxie was a 4,714 ton cargo ship which was built in 1918. She was renamedEmpire Albatross in 1940. In 1942, she was renamedBelgian Fisherman. In 1946 she was renamedBelgique and thenMartha Hendrik Fisser in 1950. She was scrapped in 1958.
Hoxie was built byBethlehem Steel Corporation, at Sparrows Point, Baltimore, as Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) hull number 4182. She was launched on 7 December 1918 and completed in March 1919.[1] She was owned by theUnited States Shipping Board.Hoxie was chartered by the Baltimore Steam Ship Co in the 1920s.[2] She passed to theUnited States Maritime Commission in 1937.
Hoxie passed to theMinistry of War Transport in 1940 and was renamedEmpire Albatross, under the management of Sir W Reardon Smith & Sons,Cardiff. Management later passed to Dene Management Co. She was a member of a number of convoys.
Convoy HX 145 sailed fromHalifax,Nova Scotia on 16 August 1941 and arrived atLiverpool on 31 August.[3]
Convoy SC 74 sailed from Halifax on 12 March 1942 and arrived at Liverpool on 28 March.Empire Albatross was carrying a cargo of steel and trucks. Her final destination wasHull.[4]
In 1942,Empire Albatross was sold to theBelgian Government and renamedBelgian Fisherman, under the management of L Dens et Compagnie,Antwerp. On 28 February 1944,Belgian Fisherman was damaged in a collision with the SSGrodno nearSafi en route to Gibraltar.[5]
In 1946Belgian Fisherman was sold to the Compagnie Royale Belgo-Argentine SA, Antwerp and renamedBelgique.[6] In 1950,Belgique was sold for scrapping to Van Heyghen Frères,Gent, who resold her to Hendrik Fisser AG,Emden who renamed herMartha Hendrik Fisser. She served with them for eight years.Martha Hendrik Fisser was sold for scrapping to Walter Ritscher who resold her to Eckhardt & Co[5] She was scrapped atHamburg in the first quarter of 1958.[1]
Official numbers were a forerunner toIMO Numbers.
Hoxie had the AmericanOfficial Number 217613 and used the code letters LQBF.[7]Empire Albatross had theOfficial Number 168090 onLloyds Register and used the code letters GNLF.[8]
