''Salamanca'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as ''Äolus'' in 1944 by J Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Belgium for Netptun Line, Hamburg . She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed ''Empire Witham''. She was sold to Hong Kong in 1948 and was renamed ''Choysang''. A further sale in 1861 saw her renamed ''Milford''. She was sold to Panama in 1967 and was renamed ''Salamanca''. She was scrapped in 1971.

Description

The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of . She was assessed as , , . The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine. Rated at 1,200

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

History

''Äolus'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1943 as yard number 702 by J Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Belgium for Dampfschifffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun,

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. She was launched on 21 October 1943 and completed in May 1944. Her port of registry was Bremen. On 22 May May 1945, ''Äolus'' was seized as a prize of war at Kiel,. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport and was renamed ''Empire Witham''. The

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180846 were allocated. Her port of registry was London and she was operated under the management of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, Hong Kong. In 1948, ''Empire Witham'' was sold to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Hong Kong and was renamed ''Choysang''. She was sold to Hemisphere Shipping Co., Hong Kong in 1961 and was renamed ''Milford''. With their introduction in the 1960s, ''Milford'' was allocated the Lloyd's Register Number 0523515. In 1967, ''Milford'' was sold to the Continental Navigation Co., Panama and was renamed ''Salamanca''. Damaged in August 1967, she arrived at Hong Kong on 22 March 1969 for scrapping by the Lee Sing Co. ''Salamanca'' was scrapped in May 1969.

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Photograph of ''Empire Witham''.Photograph of ''Milford''
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