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''Elisabethville'' was an ocean liner which was built in 1921 for Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. In 1930 the company became Compagnie Maritime Belge. She was used on the Antwerp - Matadi route. In 1940, ''Elisabethville'' was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) for use as a troopship. She briefly returned to merchant service in 1946 before being requisitioned again in 1947 for further troopship duties, this time being renamed ''Empire Bure''. She was then laid up before being sold in 1950 to Charlton Steamship Co and was renamed ''Charlton Star''. In 1958, she was sold to a Greek company and renamed ''Maristrella'', serving until she was scrapped in 1960. ==Description== ''Elisabethville'' was built by J Cockerill SA, Hoboken Belgium for Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. She was yard number 562. ''Elisabethville'' was launched on 19 May 1921 and completed in November 1921. She had accommodation for 700 passengers in a single class.〔 The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS )〕 She was propelled by two quadruple expansion steam engines,〔 which had cylinders of , , and bore by stroke. The engine was built by SA J Cockerill, Seraing, Belgium.〔 As built, she had a GRT of 8,178 and a NRT of 4,869.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Belgian Merchant A-G )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Elisabethville (1921)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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