SS Monrovia

Passageway in shipwreck
History
Name
  • Empire Falstaff (1943–45)
  • Commandant Mantelet (1945–50)
  • Commandant le Bilboul (1950-54)
  • Monrovia (1954-59)
Owner
  • Ministry of War Transport (1943–45)
  • French Government (1945–50)
  • Société Navale Delmas-Vieljeux (1950–54)
  • Eastern Shipping Corporation (1954–59)
Operator
  • Gibbs & Co Ltd (1943–45)
  • Compagnie de Transports Oceaniques (1945–50)
  • Société Navale Delmas-Vieljeux (1950–54)
  • Eastern Shipping Corporation (1954–59)
Port of registry
  • Greenock, United Kingdom (1943–45)
  • Cherbourg, France (1945–50)
  • La Rochelle (1950–54)
  • Monrovia, Liberia (1954–59)
BuilderLithgows Ltd
Yard number981
Launched8 April 1943
CompletedMay 1943
Maiden voyage25 June 1943
Out of service26 May 1959
Identification
  • United Kingdom Official Number 169502 (1943–45)
  • Code Letters BFGV (1943–45)
  • Code Letters ELOF (1954–56)
FateRammed and sunk
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length432 ft 7 in (131.85 m)
Beam56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)
Draught26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Depth34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller
Location where Monrovia sank in Lake Huron off the coast of Michigan.

Monrovia was a 7,067 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 by Lithgows Ltd, Glasgow, United Kingdom as Empire Falstaff for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1945, she was transferred to the French Government and renamed Commandant Mantelet. She was sold into merchant service in 1950 and renamed Commandant le Bilboul. In 1954, she was sold to a Liberian company and renamed Monrovia, serving until 1959 when she was in collision with another ship in Lake Huron, United States and sank.

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