Category:Empire Lynx (ship, 1917)

Ship edit

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: Texas Steamship Co., Bath, Maine
• Yard No: 1
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1917.05.24
• Completed: 1917.10
• Length over all: 402.0 ft
• Beam: 54.2 ft
• GT: 6457
• DWT:
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• uboat.net

History edit

• 1917 Named Maine; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 215581
  • Code letters: LHTQ
  • Port: New York City
  • Owner: U.S. Shipping Board
• 1923 Owner: Fairfield Steamship Company
  • Code letters: LHTQ, from 1934 WKCX
  • Port: New York City
• 1940 Renamed Empire Lynx; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 168056
  • Call sign: GPFB
  • Port: London
  • Owner: Ministry of War Transport
  • Manager: Glover Bros.
• 1942.11.03 Torpedoed and sunk by U-132 55°20′N 40°01′W