MV Empire Galahad

"Empire Galahad" was a refrigerated cargo ship built in 1942 and scrapped in 1967. She was also known by the names "Celtic Star" (1946), "Murillo" (1946–62), "Bogliasco" (1962–63), and "Ocean Peace" (1963–67). She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1967.

History

"Empire Galahad" was built by Lithgows in Port Glasgow for the Ministry of War Transport. She was launched on Monday 18 May 1942. "Empire Galahad" spent the war years under the management of Blue Star Line.

War service

"Empire Galahad" was a member of the following convoys:-

• SC.122, which sailed from New York on 5 March 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 24 March. "Empire Galahad" was carrying general cargo, meat and a passenger. She joined this convoy from convoy HX.228.cite web | url = http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc122.html| publisher = Convoyweb.org| title = Convoy SC.122| accessdate = 2008-03-24]

• MKS.22, which sailed from Freetown on 14 August 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 6 September. "Empire Galahad" was carrying a refrigerated cargo and also linseed.cite web | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sl/index.html?sl135.htm~slmain| publisher = Convoyweb.org| title = Convoy SL.135 / MKS.22| accessdate = 2008-03-24]

• KMS.83, which sailed from Liverpool on 6 February 1945 and arrived at Gibraltar on 12 February. "Empire Galahad" was in ballast, and sailed from Milford Haven, with an eventual destination of the River Plate She was armed with a convert|4.7|in|mm gun and eight machine guns.cite web | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/oskms/index.html?os109.htm~osmain| publisher = Convoyweb.org| title = Convoy OS.109/KMS.83| accessdate = 2008-03-24]

Post war

In 1946 she was bought by Blue Star and renamed "Celtic Star", being quickly sold to Lamport & Holt Line and renamed "Murillo", the second Lamport & Holt ship to carry that name. In 1952 she was sold to Industriale Maritime and renamed "Bogliasco", sailing under the Italian flag. She served for nine years before being sold to Ocean Spg & Enterprises in 1963 and being renamed "Ocean Peace", sailing under the Panamanian flag . She was sold for scrap in 1967, and arrived at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping on 12 September 1967.cite web | url = http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=18295| publisher = Shipping Times| title = MV Empire Galahad| accessdate = 2008-03-24] cite web | url = http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/LH6.html| publisher = Merchant Navy Officers .com| title = LAMPORT AND HOLT LINE| accessdate = 2008-03-24]

External links

*cite web|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=43935&sectionID=6149|title=Ships find harbour in strange places|publisher=The Shields Gazette|work=Cookson Country|date=2004-06-30|language=English|format=html
*cite web|url=http://www.bluestarline.org/lamports/murillo2.html|title=Celtic Star / Murillo 2|work=Blue Star Line on the Web|first=Fraser|last=Darrah|date=2008-02-18|language=English|format=html

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