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Empire Beaconsfield

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1943 Empire Beaconsfield British Government
1946 Hawkinge Constants Ltd.
1951 Angusbrae Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. Ltd.
1956 Hispania Wm. H. Muller & Co's Transport Mij NV
1960 Dia Westend Corporation

Fate

Foundered in the Bay of Biscay on October 14th, 1964. The ship was on a voyage from Antwerp to Bourgas, Bulgaria with a cargo of superphosphates.

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