SS Pompeji
cargo ship built in 1939
Pompeji was a 2,917 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1939 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany. She was seized as a war prize in 1945 and renamed Empire Blackwater. Ownership passed to the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and then the United States Maritime Commission (USMC). In 1949 she was sold to a Danish company and renamed Krusaa. She was sold in 1960 to a Finnish company and renamed Krucia and later Helvi. In 1969 she was sold to a Panamanian company and renamed Eastern Faith. She was scrapped in 1975.
Description
It was a 2,917 GRT cargo ship built by Flensburger Schiffbau Geschellshaft, Flensburg, as yard number 450. Launched as Pompeji on 11 October 1939, it was completed in February 1940. Principle dimensions were 140.2 m (460 ft) in length overall, 103.02 m (338.0 ft) at the waterline, a 16.1 m (52.7 ft) beam and a mean draft of 5.7 m (18.7 ft).
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