''Hermanos'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as ''Hendrick Fisser V'' in 1944 by Verschure & Co's Scheepswerft en Maschinenfabriek,

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, Netherland for Fisser & Van Doornum,

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. She was seized as a

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in 1945, passing to the

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and renamed ''Empire Galbraith''. She was sold in 1946 and was renamed ''Highland''. A further sale in 1959 saw her renamed ''Gowrie''. She was sold to Greece in 1963 and was renamed ''Hermanos''. She served until 1969 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of , and a draught of . She was assessed as , , . The ship was propelled by a

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, which had two cylinders of 42 cm (16 inches) and two cylinders of 90 cm (35 inches) diameter by 90 cm (35 inches) stroke. The engine was built by Verschure & Co's Scheepswerft en Maschinenfabriek. Rated at 1,200

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, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at .

History

''Hendrick Fisser V'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as

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247 by Verschure & Co's Scheepswerft en Maschinenfabriek,

, Netherlands for Fisser & Van Doornum,

. She wascompleted in July 1944. Her port of registry was

. In May 1945, ''Hendrick Fisser V'' was seized as a

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in a damaged condition. She was passed to the

. She was renamed ''Empire Galbraith''. The

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GNNS and United Kingdom

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180694 were allocated. Her port of registry was

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and she was operated under the management of Currie Line Ltd,

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. In December 1946, ''Empire Galbraith'' was sold to Currie Line and was renamed ''Highland''. She was sold to the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co Ltd in 1959 and renamed ''Gowrie''. In 1963, ''Gowrie'' was sold to Cia Naviera Algeo SA.

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, Greece and renamed ''Hermanos''. With their introduction in the 1960s, ''Hermanos'' was allocated the

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5420281. She was operated under the management of G Vlassis & Co. She served until 1969, arriving at

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, Italy in September for scrapping, which happened in December.

References

External links

Colour photograph of ''Gowrie''

Monochrome photograph of ''Gowrie''
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