MV Empire Beacon

History

Class and type:	Coaster
Name:	Empire Beacon
Owner:	Ministry of War Transport
Operator:	John Stewart & Co (Shipping) Ltd
Port of registry:	Glasgow
Builder:	Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling
Launched:	24 September 1941
Completed:	February 1942
Identification:	UK Official Number 168695 Code Letters BCSY
Fate:	Struck a mine and sank, 5 April 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage:	872 GRT
Length:	203 ft (61.87 m)
Beam:	33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)
Depth:	11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Propulsion:	6-cylinder SCSA Oil engine, 80 hp (60 kW)

Location of the sinking of Empire Beacon.

Empire Beacon was an 872 GRT coaster which was built in 1941. She was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and managed by John Stewart & Co (Shipping) Ltd. Empire Beacon struck a mine and sank off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire on 5 April 1942.

Career

Empire Beacon was built by Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling, West Dunbartonshire.^[1] She was yard number 358 and was launched on 24 September 1941 and completed in November that year.^[2] Empire Beacon was built for the MoWT and placed under the management of John Stewart & Co (Shipping) Ltd. Her port of registry was Glasgow.^[3]

Sinking

On 5 April 1942, Empire Beacon struck a mine and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) off St. Ann's Head (51°41′N 5°10′W / 51.683°N 5.167°W / 51.683; -5.167).^[1]^[2]

Official Numbers and Code Letters

Official numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Empire Beacon had the UK Official Number 168695 and used the Code Letters BCSY.^[2]^[3]

Propulsion

Empire Beacon was powered a Single Cycle, Single Action oil engines,^[3] driving a single screw.^[2] The cylinders were 13 ³⁄₈ in (340mm) diameter by 22 ⁷⁄₁₆ in (570 mm) stroke. The engine developed 80 horsepower (60 kW).^[3]

References

1 2 Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
1 2 3 4 "1168695". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 18 October 2009. (subscription required (help)).
1 2 3 4 "LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS" (PDF). Retrieved 18 October 2009.

Empire ships beginning with Empire B

Cargo ships	Empire Baffin Empire Balfour Empire Balham Empire Ballad Empire Ballantyne Empire Bank¹ Empire Banner Empire Barbados² Empire Bard² Empire Bardolph³ Empire Baron Empire Barracuda Empire Barrie Empire Baxter Empire Bay Empire Beacon¹ Empire Beaconsfield Empire Beatrice Empire Beaumont Empire Beauty Empire Beaver³ Empire Bede Empire Bell Empire Bermuda Empire Birdsay Empire Bison Empire Blackwater Empire Blanda Empire Blessing Empire Blossom Empire Bond Empire Boswell Empire Bowman Empire Boy Empire Breeze Empire Bridge¹ Empire Brigade Empire Bromley¹ Empire Brook¹ Empire Bruce Empire Brutus Empire Buckler Empire Buffalo Empire Builder Empire Bulbul¹ Empire Bunting Empire Burton Empire Buttress Empire Byng² Empire Byron

Landing ships	Empire Baltic Empire Battleaxe Empire Broadsword

Ocean liners	Empire Bittern Empire Brent Empire Bure⁴

Tankers	Empire Bairn¹ Empire Barkis¹ Empire Barnaby¹ Empire Belgrave¹ Empire Benefit Empire Beresford Empire Billow¹ Empire Bombardier Empire Bounty Empire Boxer¹ Empire Bronze Empire Bute¹

Tugs	Empire Barbara⁵ Empire Bascobel Empire Becky⁵ Empire Belle⁵ Empire Ben⁵ Empire Bess Empire Betsy⁵ Empire Birch⁵ Empire Bracken⁵

A B Ca–Cl Co–Cy D E F G H I–J K L M N O P R Sa–Sh Si–Sy Ta–Te Th–Ty U–Z

1 Coaster 2 Heavy lift ship 3 Refrigerated Cargo Ship 4 Cargo liner 5 Coastal tug

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Apr: Giovanni delle Bande Nere, HMS P36, HMS Pandora, Skytteren, Storsten 2 Apr: David H. Atwater, Tiger 5 Apr: HMS Abingdon, HMS Cornwall, HMS Dorsetshire, Empire Beacon, HMS Hector, HMS Tenedos 6 Apr: HMS Havock, HMIS Indus 7 Apr: Lancing 8 Apr: USS Dewey, HMT Svana 9 Apr: HMS Hermes, HMS Hollyhock, HMS Lance, USS Napa, HMAS Vampire 10 Apr: USS Canopus 11 Apr: Empire Cowper, USS Finch, HMS Kingston 13 Apr: El Occidente, Empire Amethyst 14 Apr: Benwood, Margaret, U-85, U-252, HMS Upholder 20 Apr: Empire Dryden 22 Apr: San Jacinto 24 Apr: Empire Drum 26 Apr: USS Sturtevant 29 Apr: HMS Urge 30 Apr: Ashkhabad Unknown date: U-702

Other incidents	2 Apr: Tiger 3 Apr: Tobruk 5 Apr: HMS Gallant 6 Apr: Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya 9 Apr: Benwood 10 Apr: USS Finch, USS Uranus 11 Apr: Gulfamerica 20 Apr: HMS Cotswold 30 Apr: HMS Edinburgh

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