T/S West Totant

Other names
Empire Moorhen
Call sign
LQVS
Shipping company
Nationality
USA flaggUSA
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1919
Yard number
16
Month of delivery
April

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
5.628
Net tonnage:
3.488
Deadweight:
5.248

Engine

Speed:
10,5

Dimensions

Length:
410'0
Beam:
54'2
Draft:
27'7
  • Historie
    v/Einar Ottarsen Onsøien

    4.1919: United States Shippiong Board, Portland, Oregon - WEST TOTANT
    /1937: United States Maritime Commission, Portland, Ore - WEST TOTANT
    /1941: Ministry of War Transport (Booth SS Co Ltd), London - EMPIRE MOORHEN
    /194X: Managers J&J Denholm Ltd, London, GB
    9.6.1944: Scuttled Gooseberry No. 4, Normandy Beachhead,
    /1947: Hevet,
    28.6.1947: Ankom Troon, Skotland, hugget av West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co, Ltd.

    Maskineri:
    DR Geared steam turbine, laget av General Electric Co, Schenectady, New York, N.Y.

    Sources

    Lloyd's Register, diverse årganger,

    Sawyer & Mitchell: Empire Ships, 2nd Ed, 1990.