Monday 3 August 2015

Empire Heritage

We all had a great days diving on the Empire Heritage today.

Empire Heritage SS was built in 1930 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne. 508´x72.5´x50.5´. She was formerly called TAFELBERG before 1943. She was torpedoed on route from New York to Liverpool by German submarine U-482 with the loss of 113 lives when 15 miles North West of Malin Head. Carrying a cargo of 16,000 tons of fuel oil and 1,900 tons of deck cargo including Sherman Tanks.

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