SS Empire Shelter
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SS Empire Shelter was a convoy rescue ship built for the Royal Navy during World War II, originally laid down as the Castle-class corvette HMS Barnard Castle. Completed a month before the end of the war in May 1945, she made a few short voyages before she was reduced to reserve. The ship later served as a barracks ship and then as a troopship before she was sold for scrap in 1955.
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HMS Barnard Castle
mass 1077 tonne, speed 16.5 knot, length 77 metre, draft 3 metre, beam 11 metre,
Ellerman Lines, Royal Navy, United Kingdom,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1944-10-05T00:00:00Z
1944-10-05T00:00:00Z
ship launching
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