Merchant Ships of Spain - SS Empire Morn, Spanish Ship Nuestra Senora de La Concepcionss Empire Morn, Spanish Ship Nuestra Senora de La Concepcion, Spanish Ship Nuestra Senora de Atocha, Spanish Ship Nuestra Senora de Atocha (Paperback)

Chapters: Ss Empire Morn, Spanish Ship Nuestra Senora de La Concepcion, Spanish Ship Nuestra Senora de Atocha, Spanish Ship Santisima Trinidad, Oriflama, Ara Isla de Los Estados. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: SS Empire Morn was a 7,092 ton CAM ship which was built in 1941. She saw service on a number of trade routes during the Second World War, making several crossings of the North Atlantic as well as voyages to Russia and Africa. She was badly damaged after hitting a mine in 1943, and spent the rest of the war laid up as a hulk. She was subsequently sold and repaired, returning to service for several companies after the war, under the names San Antonio and Rio Pas before being sold for scrapping in 1973. She is also known for the death of the youngest person in the British services to die in the war, 14-year old galley boy Raymond Steed. Empire Morn was built by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness as yard number 769. She was launched on 1 July 1941 and completed in September 1941. Empire Morn was built for the Ministry of War Transport and managed by E. J. Sutton