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''Empire Darwin'' was a British CAM ship built in 1941 by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Her Hawker Sea Hurricane was involved in the last action by an aircraft flown off a CAM ship, shooting down a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor on 28 July 1943. She was sold into merchant service in 1945 and renamed ''Culrain'' in 1946. In 1953, she was in collision with a Spanish ship in the Strait of Gibraltar, sinking her. In 1959, she was sold to Lebanon and renamed ''Mersinidi'', operating under the Liberian flag. She served until 1966, and was scrapped in 1967. ==Description== The ship was built in 1925 by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was assessed at , . The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Central Marine Engine Works Ltd, West Hartlepool.〔 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 Darwin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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