''Lina Fisser'' was a

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that was built in 1912 by Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd, Blyth as ''Thyra Menier'' for British owners. In 1918, it was sold to Belgian owners and renamed ''Luis Pindal''. In 1925, it was sold to

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owners and renamed ''Bellini''. A further sale in 1928 to German owners saw it renamed ''Bollan'' and then ''Lina Fisser'' in 1936. It was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at

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, Germany and passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Conderton''. In 1947, it was sold into merchant service and was renamed ''Marchmont''. In 1952, a further sale saw her renamed ''Irene M''. In 1955, it was sold to Canada, serving until 1957 when it was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built in 1912 by Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd, Blyth. She was completed in September 1912. The ship was long, with a beam of a depth of . Her draught was approximately She had a GRT of 1,497 and a NRT of 838, The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had two cylinders of 17 inches (44 cm), and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by G T Grey,

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History

''Thyra Menier'' was built for the Donald Steamship Company,

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. The United Kingdom

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127100 was allocated. In 1915, she was under

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to Henri Menier and had been sub-chartered to the Canadian-American Steamship Corporation, New York. The Admiralty requisitioned her, but her charterers objects, claiming that the requisition could not take place as the ship was not in British waters. At the time, the ship was in dry dock in New York. In 1918, ''Thyra Menier'' was sold to F Lecoeuvre, Belgium and renamed ''Luis Pidal''. She served until 1925 when she was sold to Puglisi & Tomasini, Italy and was renamed ''Bellini''. In 1928, she was sold to August Bolten, Germany and was renamed ''Bollan''. Her port of registry was

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and the

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RHCT were allocated. On 1 February 1930, ''Bollan'' departed

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for Sables. Whilst awaiting the tide, an explosion in her No. 1 hold blew off the hatch covers. In 1934, her code letters were changed to DHCR. In 1936, ''Bollan'' was sold to Reunert & Co GmbH. She was placed under the management of Fisser & Van Doornum,

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and was renamed ''Lina Fisser''. In 1940, Germany claimed that British aircraft had attempted to bomb ''Lina Fisser'' in the

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. ''Lina Fisser'' was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at

, passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Conderton''. Her port of registry was changed to

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and the Code Letters GMWD were allocated. She regained her

127100. She was placed under the management of the Alliance Marine Transport Co Ltd. ''Empire Conderton'' was recorded as , . In 1947, she was sold to J P Hadoulis Ltd, London and renamed ''Marchmont''. In 1952, she was sold to A Moschakis, London and renamed ''Irene M''. She was sold in 1955 to Tampa Shipping Ltd,

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. ''Irene M'' was sold in 1957 to Marine Industries Ltd,

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. She was scrapped later that year at Sorel,

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References

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