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MURMANSK - IMO 5243994
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General cargo ship “Murmansk” at Nagoya, Japan, April 1978
Owner: Government of USSR (Far East Shipping Co., Vladivostok)
Operator: Nakhodka-Japan Line
Port of registry: Vladivostok
Builder: Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd., Hong Kong (Hull-842)
Gross tons: 7,153
Deadweight: 9,842
Length: 130.97 m
Engine: triple expansion steam, 2.500 i.h.p.
Speed: 9,5 knots
Completed July 1941 as “Empire Starlight” (6,850 gross tons) for the UK Government (Ministry of War Transport; managed by Sir R. Ropner & Co.)
Was part of the 1942 Convoy PQ 13 from Loch Ewe in Scotland to Murmansk; although she got through to her destination she was bombed & sunk there on 1st June.
Raised by the Russians 1945; repaired & renamed “Murmansk”
Transferred to Far East Shipping Co. (FESCO) 1951
Withdrawn from service 1979; reported to have been converted to a storage barge or floating hotel (sources differ).
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- Empire Starlight (Until 1946)
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General cargo ships built 1940-1949 (Over 3000gt) - 2 photos
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Jane`s Merchant Vessels has her as a rebuilt WWII Standard Ship,
at LR 1979 she has a triple expansion steam engine (USA), 2.500 ihp, 9,5 kn.
Rgds, Manfred
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All the best, David
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I suspect that she was not re-engined, else she would probably have lasted longer. And whether she had a "extensive rebuild" in 1946 I doubt, as there is no sign of it (perhaps just a typo for 1964?)
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The colored and black & white photos on the site you recommended are clearly of 2 different ships, unless she was substantially rebuilt between them. I can believe that the black & white ones show the ex-Empire Starlight (and 467 may even be the Empire Starlight before the sinking, as she has no topmasts & seems to be fully in wartime grey), but not the one in photo 476 (which is the same as in my & Vancouver Archives' photos).
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https://elswvcuipaijg56kxeonnek3jm-ac4c6men2g7xr2a-fleetphoto-ru.translate.goog/vessel/71095/
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I clearly got my first i.d. mixed up with an icebreaker of the same name. As you see, I've amended my "description" accordingly.
But, frankly, his ship does not look like a 1940's built/rebuilt ship; her design seems too “modern” and more like a 1960s-built design (she could almost be a shorter version of the Soviet Murom-class cargo ships - see my photos of the 1960s-built “Millerovo” & “Medyn” on this site). In my photo she also looks to be in very good condition – too good to have been withdrawn the year after the photo was taken. She is is clearly the same vessel as the one in photo 2280664, but the City of Vancouver Archives (which has the same photo as 2280664) gives no details of the ship, and I can find no other photo which links the 1941/45 “Empire Starlight” or “Murmansk” with EDP 5423994.
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look here: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2280664
built in 1941 by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock at Hong Kong #842
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