SS Indus (1945)
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Indus was a 2,834 ton cargo ship which was built in Germany in 1945 and launched as Sasbeck. She was seized uncompleted at Lübeck in 1946 and renamed Empire Ardle. In 1947 she was renamed Lewis Hamilton and then in 1950 she was renamed Indus. In 1968 she was renamed Falcon and then Sea Falcon, serving until 1971 when she was scrapped.
History
Indus was built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany and launched as Sasbeck on 27 March 1945. In May 1945, Sasbeck was one of 502 ships seized by the Allies after Germany was overrun at the end of the Second World War. Sasbeck was one of the eleven uncompleted ships that was allocated to the United Kingdom. She was found at Lübeck in an uncompleted state and passed to the Ministry of Transport. She was renamed Empire Ardle and completed in November 1946. In 1947, she was sold to the Rodney Steamship Co, London and renamed Lewis Hamilton, serving until 1950 when she was sold to C H Abrahamsen, Stockholm and renamed Indus.
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