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Tuesday, May 28, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		KING EDGAR (1946-1959 General cargo ship 425 feet overall of King Line / Cayzer Irvine / British & Commonwealth Shipping, London : 1959 scrapped at Osaka, Japan) Own Page

KING EDGAR left Bombay (India) for Aden (Yemen)
Sailing forAden (Yemen)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthBombay .... now known as Mumbai (India)Gross Tonnage7,058

 
Empire Gambia
 
Ship Number
  
1283
 
Vessel Type
  
Standard 'y' Type Cargo Ship
 
Built
  
Govan Yard
       
 
Slip Number
  
2
 
Launch Date
  
May 14, 1945
       
 
Delivered
  
July 10, 1945
 
Owner
  
Admiralty - Dodd thompson & Co
 
Weight
  
7058 grt
 
BP Length
  
425 feet
 
Breadth
  
56 feet
 
No. of Screws
  
Single
 
Speed (approx)
  
11 knots
 
Propulsion
  
Triple Expansion
 
Official No.
  
169444
 
Registered
  
Glasgow
 
Fate
  
Scrapped
       
 
Empire Gambia
       
 
 
 

 

  
 
Completed as EMPIRE GAMBIA for the MOWT (Moller UK, managers).
 
1946: Purchased by King Line, renamed King Edgar.
 
1956: Transferred to Cayzer Management when B&C formed.
 
1959: Sold to Iwai and Co Ltd, Japan, for demolition and arrived Osaka 4th May 1959.
 
18th May 1959: Demolition commenced.