''Hewsang'' was a

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which was built by William Gray & Co Ltd,

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in 1944 as ''Empire Bermuda'' for the

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(MoWT). Postwar she was sold into merchant service and renamed ''Hewsang'' and later sold to new owners and renamed ''Sunshine'', serving until scrapped in 1970.

Description

''Empire Bermuda'' was built by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. She was yard number 1173 and was launched on 30 September 1944 with completion in November. She was long, with a beam of and a depth of . Her GRT was 3,359, with a NRT of 2,257.

Career

''Empire Bermuda'' was placed under the management of the Joseph Constantine Steamship Line by the MoWT. In 1949, she was sold to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London and renamed ''Hewsang''. In 1963, ''Hewsang'' was sold to the Sunshine Navigation Co Ltd, Panama and renamed ''Sunshine''. She was placed under the management of Patt Manfield & Co Ltd, Hong Kong. The ship was scrapped at

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, Taiwan in March 1970.

Official Numbers and Code Letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to

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. ''Empire Bermuda'' had the UK

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180078 and the

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GDMP.

Propulsion

The ship was propelled by a

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which had cylinders of , and bore by stroke. It was built by the Central Marine Engineering Works, West Hartlepool.

References

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