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SS ''Empire Adur'' was a 1,479 ton steamship which was built in 1920 as the ''Griffdu''. She was renamed ''Noyo'' in 1935 and in 1940 was sold to Thailand, being renamed ''Nang Suang Nawa'', being seized in 1942 and renamed ''Empire Adur''. She was sold to Thailand in 1948, reverting to ''Nang Suang Nawa'' and was lost at sea in 1955 while being towed to Hong Kong for scrapping. ==History== ''Griffdu'' was built by J F Duthie & Co, Seattle, Washington. She was the 37th and last ship built by Duthie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=J. F. Duthie & Company, Seattle WA )〕 ''Griffdu'' was launched on 20 September 1920, and completed the following month. Her original owner was the Universal Steamship & Barge Co, Seattle. In 1925, ''Griffdu'' was sold to The Charles Nelson Co, San Francisco, serving with them for ten years. In 1935, ''Griffdu'' was sold to the Union Lumber Co, San Francisco, who renamed her ''Noyo''. She served for five years before being sold to the Thai Niyom Panich Co, (''Thai Navigation Co Ltd'') Bangkok, who reflagged her and renamed her ''Nang Suang Nawa''.〔 In 1942, ''Nang Suang Nawa'' was seized,〔 and passed to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed ''Empire Adur''. She was placed under the management of the Singapore Straits Steamship Company.〔 ''Empire Adur'' was not a popular member of convoys due to the condition of her boilers, and the fact that she would belch black smoke and flames from her funnel. The convoy escorts threatened to ask ''Empire Adur'' to leave the convoy or sink her. Another of her faults was that the nut holding the steering wheel on often came loose, with the result that the wheel came off in the helmsman's hands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=STRAITS STEAMSHIP COMPANY )〕 ''Empire Adur'' joined Convoy KMS 21 at Gibraltar on 29 July 1943, arriving at Port Said on 9 August. ''Empire Adur'' had a final destination of Tripoli and Alexandria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CONVOY KMS 21 )〕 In 1948, ''Empire Adur'' was sold to the Thai Maritime Navigation Co, Bangkok and regained her former name of ''Nang Suang Nawa''. She served for a further seven years but went missing under tow by the Philippines registered tug ''Albacore'' to Hong Kong for scrapping. Both vessels were presumed lost.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EMPIRE - A )〕 Her last reported position was north of the Paracel Islands at on 23 November 1955. 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 Empire Adur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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