SS Heidberg

History
Name	1943: Heidberg; 1945: Empire Convention; 1946: Ernst Thaelmann;
Namesake	1946: Ernst Thälmann
Owner	1943: Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller’s Nachfolger; 1945: Ministry of War Transport; 1945: Ministry of Transport; 1946: USSR;
Operator	1945: Ellerman's Wilson Line
Port of registry	1943: Hamburg; 1945: London; 1946: ;
Builder	Helsingborgs Varfs A/B
Launched	6 March 1943
Completed	1943
Identification	UK official number 180342; call sign GMFM; ;
Fate	deleted from registers, 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,714 GRT, 847 NRT
Length	277.6 ft (84.6 m)
Beam	41.4 ft (12.6 m)
Depth	16.2 ft (4.9 m)
Decks	2
Propulsion	1 × screw; 1 × triple expansion engine, exhaust steam turbine & steam compressor;
Sensors &; processing systems	wireless direction finding; echo sounding device;

SS Heidberg was a cargo steamship that was built in 1943 in Sweden for a German shipping company. The Allies in 1945 took it for war reparations. She was renamed Empire Convention, and spent about nine months under United Kingdom ownership and management. In 1946 she was transferred to the Soviet Union, who renamed her Эрнст Те́льман – Ernst Thälmann. Her fate is not recorded.

History

Name	1943: Heidberg 1945: Empire Convention 1946: Ernst Thaelmann
Namesake	1946: Ernst Thälmann
Owner	1943: Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller’s Nachfolger 1945: Ministry of War Transport 1945: Ministry of Transport 1946: USSR
Operator	1945: Ellerman's Wilson Line
Port of registry	1943: Hamburg 1945: London 1946:
Builder	Helsingborgs Varfs A/B
Launched	6 March 1943
Completed	1943
Identification	UK official number 180342 call sign GMFM
Fate	deleted from registers, 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,714 GRT, 847 NRT
Length	277.6 ft (84.6 m)
Beam	41.4 ft (12.6 m)
Depth	16.2 ft (4.9 m)
Decks	2
Propulsion	1 × screw 1 × triple expansion engine, exhaust steam turbine & steam compressor
Sensors & processing systems	wireless direction finding echo sounding device