SS Bernhard Blumenfeld
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SS Bernhard Blumenfeld was a 2,879 GRT cargo ship that was completed in 1921 as the SS Dalewood by Eltringham's, Ltd., Willington on Tyne, England. She was sold to a German company in 1923 and renamed the Bernhard Blumenfeld. She was sold again in 1938 and renamed the Carl Jüngst.
This ship was seized by the British Army in the port of Kiel, Germany, in May 1945 and given to the Ministry of War Transport which renamed her the Empire Durant. In 1946, she was donated to the Soviet Union and there renamed the Tambov. She was deleted from the Soviet shipping registries in 1958.
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This ship was built in 1921 by Eltringham's, Ltd., Willington on Tyne, England.
This ship was 304 feet 8 inches (92.86 m) long, with a beam of 44 feet 1 inch (13.44 m). She had a draft of 20 feet 2 inches (6.15 m) and a draught of 23 feet 0 inches (7.01 m). She was assessed at 2,879 GRT, 1,695 NRT. Her DWT was 4,450.
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