SS Tobruk
SS Tobruk after the War | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Defence of Tobruk |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | William Gray & Co Ltd |
| Yard number | 1123 |
| Launched | 19 November 1941 |
| Completed | January 1942 |
| Commissioned | 30 January 1942 |
| Out of service | November 1967 |
| Identification | IMO Number 5616130 (-1968) |
| Fate | Scrapped June 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 430 ft (131.06 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) |
| Depth | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) |
Tobruk was a 7,090 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1941 as Empire Builder by William Gray & Company Ltd for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). On completion she was handed over to the Polish government-in-exile (along with four others; Narwik, Bałtyk, Białystok and Borysław, which in 1950 was renamed to Bytom) and renamed Tobruk. She was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War. She was sold in 1951 to Polskie Linie Oceaniczne and served until 1967. She was scrapped in 1968.