View source for SS Wallsend (1943)

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=
|Ship caption=
}}
{{Infobox ship career
|Hide header=
| Ship country = 
| Ship flag =
|Ship class=
|Ship name=*''Empire Buttress'' (1943-46)
*''Wallsend'' (1946-59)
*''Bordagain'' (1959-67)
*''Daring'' (1967-76)
|Ship ordered=
|Ship awarded=
|Ship builder=[[William Gray & Company|William Gray & Co Ltd]], West Hartlepool
|Ship yard number=1150
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=6 May 1943
|Ship completed=July 1943
|Ship christened=
|Ship acquired=
|Ship registry=*{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} West Hartlepool (1943-46)
*{{flagicon|United Kingdom |civil}} Newcastle upon Tyne (1946-59)
*{{flagicon|Liberia}} Monrovia (1959-76)
|Ship identification=*UK [[Official Number]] 168959 (1943-59)
*Liberian [[Official Number]] 1475 (1959-76)
*Code Letters BFKP (1943-59)
*{{ICS|Bravo}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Kilo}}{{ICS|Papa}}
|Ship owner=*Ministry of War Transport (1943-46)
*Burnett Steamship Co Ltd (1946-59)
*Bordagain Shipping Co Ltd (1959-67)
*Compagnia de Navigazione Pinares SA (1967-76)
|Ship operator=*Martyn, Martyn & Co Ltd (1943-46)
*Burnett Steamship Co Ltd (1946-59)
*Ramon de la Sota Jr (1959-67)
*Compagnia de Navigazione Pinares SA (1967-76)
|Ship commissioned=
|Ship recommissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service= May 1976
|Ship route=
|Ship renamed=
|Ship reclassified=
|Ship refit=
|Ship captured=
|Ship struck=
|Ship reinstated=
|Ship fate= Scrapped
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
|Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|2,905}}
*{{NRT|1,641}} <!--
*x [[Deadweight tonnage|DWT]]-->

|Ship type= 
|Ship length={{convert|315|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|46|ft|5|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught=
|Ship depth={{convert|23|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=1 x triple expansion steam engine
|Ship speed=
|Ship range= 
|Ship endurance=
|Ship test depth=
|Ship capacity=
|Ship complement=
|Ship time to activate=
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
|Ship armor=
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship badge=
|Ship honours=
|Ship notes=
|Ship crew = 
}}
|}

'''''Wallsend''''' was a {{GRT|2905|link=off}} [[cargo ship]] which was built in 1943 as '''''Empire Buttress''''' for the [[Ministry of War Transport]] (MoWT). Completed in July 1943, she was sold postwar and renamed ''Wallsend''. In 1959 she was sold to Liberia and renamed '''''Bordagain''''', a further change of ownership in 1967 saw her renamed '''''Daring'''''. She served until 1976, when she was scrapped.

==Description==
''Empire Buttress'' was built by [[William Gray & Company|William Gray & Co Ltd]], [[West Hartlepool]] for the MoWT.<ref name=Ships>{{cite book | first = and Sawyer, L A| last = Mitchell, W H | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4}}</ref> She was yard number 1150.<ref name=Miramar>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5048291|accessdate=10 September 2020}}</ref> ''Empire Buttress'' was launched on 6 May 1943 and completed in July 1943.<ref name=Ships/>

The ship was {{convert|315|ft|4|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|46|ft|5|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|23|ft|m|2}}. She was propelled by a [[triple expansion steam engine]] which had cylinders of {{convert|20|in|cm}}, {{convert|31|in|cm}}, and {{convert|55|in|cm}} bore by {{convert|39|in|cm}} stroke. The engine was built by North East Marine Engine Co (1938) Ltd, [[Newcastle upon Tyne]].<ref name=Buttress>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/43/43b0297.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

==Career==
''Empire Buttress'' was operated under the management of Martyn, Martyn & Co Ltd of [[Newport, Wales]]. Her port of registry was West Hartlepool.<ref name=Buttress/> She was a member of a number of convoys during the [[Second World War]].

;JW 59
Convoy JW 59 departed [[Loch Ewe]] on 15 August 1944 and arrived at the [[Kola Peninsula|Kola Inlet]] on 24 August.<ref name=JW59>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/jw59.html |title=Convoy JW 59 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> ''Empire Buttress'' had orders to sail to [[Archangelsk]] and [[Molotovsk]], where she was not expected. Her eventual destination was [[Murmansk]].<ref name=Cyrus>{{cite web|url=http://www.mearns.org/stcyrus/pdf/stcyrus0607.pdf |title=Empire Buttress and the Arctic Convoy (part two) |publisher=St Cyrus |access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

;SC 141
Convoy SC 141 departed [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]] on 3 September 1943 and arrived at [[Liverpool]] on 17 September. ''Empire Buttress'' was to have sailed with this convoy, but sailed with the next convoy.<ref name=SC141>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc141.html |title=Convoy SC 141 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

;SC 142
Convoy SC 142 departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on 15 September 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 29 September. ''Empire Buttress'' was carrying a cargo of [[steel]] and [[pulpwood]] bound for Glasgow.<ref name=SC142>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc142.html |title=Convoy SC 142 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

In 1946, ''Empire Buttress'' was sold to the Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne and was renamed ''Wallsend''.<ref name=Ships/> Her port of registry was changed to Newcastle upon Tyne.<ref name=Wallsend/> On 11 October 1955, ''Wallsend'' ran aground at [[Hook of Holland]], Netherlands. She was refloated by 13 October.<ref name=Times131055>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=13 October 1955 |page=6 |issue=53350 |column=G }}</ref> In 1959, ''Wallsend'' was sold to the Bordagain Shipping Co Ltd, [[Liberia]] and was renamed ''Bordagain''. She was operated under the management of Ramon de la Sota Jr, [[France]]. In 1967, ''Bordagain'' was sold to the Compania de Navegacion Pinares SA, [[Panama]] and was renamed ''Daring''. She served until 1976, when she was scrapped at [[Split (city)|Split]], [[Yugoslavia]],<ref name=Ships/> in May of that year.<ref name=Miramar/>

==Official Numbers and Code Letters==

Official Numbers were a forerunner to [[IMO ship identification number|IMO Numbers]]. ''Empire Buttress'' and ''Wallsend'' had the United Kingdom [[Official Number]] 168959.<ref name=Buttress/><ref name=Wallsend>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45a1310.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> ''Bordagain'' and ''Daring'' had the Liberian [[Official Number]] 1475.<ref name=Miramar/>

''Empire Buttress'' and ''Wallsend'' used the [[Code Letters]] BFKP.<ref name=Buttress/><ref name=Wallsend/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Empire ships}}
{{1955 shipwrecks}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallsend}}
[[Category:1943 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Tees]]
[[Category:Empire ships]]
[[Category:Ministry of War Transport ships]]
[[Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Steamships of Liberia]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of Liberia]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1955]]