MV Pelikan

History

Name:	Pelikan (1934-45) Empire Alde (1945-46) Pelikan (1946-47) Pacuare (1947-59)
Owner:	Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG (1935-40) Kriegsmarine (1940-45) Ministry of War Transport (1945-46) Elders & Fyffes Ltd (1946-59)
Operator:	Reederei F Laeisz GmbH, Hamburg (1935-45) Southern Railway (1945-46) Kaye, Sons and Co (1946) Elders & Fyffes Ltd (946-59)
Port of registry:	Hamburg (1935-40) Kriegsmarine (1940-45) London (1945-59)
Builder:	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Bremen
Yard number:	712
Launched:	1934
Completed:	January 1935
Identification:	UK Official Number 181664 (1945-59) Code letters DJNP (1935-46)
Fate:	Scrapped in Hamburg, 1958
General characteristics
Tonnage:	3,264 GRT
Length:	352 ft 8 in (107.49 m)
Beam:	44 ft 8 in (13.61 m)
Depth:	24 ft (7.32 m)
Propulsion:	2 x 5 cylinder SCDA oil engines (Bremer Vulkan) 975 hp (727 kW)
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity:	129,000 cubic feet (3,700 m³) refrigerated cargo space

Pelikan was a 3,264 ton German refrigerated cargo ship built in 1934. In 1945, during the Second World War, the United Kingdom seized her and renamed her Empire Alde. She changed names twice more: back to Pelikan in 1946, and Pacuare in 1947. She was scrapped in 1958.

History

Pelikan was built by Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Bremen as yard number 712 and launched in 1934, being completed in January 1935. She was owned by the Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG^[1] and managed by F Laeisz, Hamburg. In 1940, ownership passed to the Kriegsmarine (German navy)^[2] although Lloyds Register continued to show Pelikan as a merchant ship.^[3] In 1945 Pelikan was seized at Brunsbüttel, and ownership passed to the Ministry of War Transport; she was renamed Empire Alde,^[2] under the management of the Southern Railway^[4] and later Kaye, Sons & Co. In 1946 Empire Alde was sold to Elders & Fyffes Ltd, regaining her original name of Pelikan before being renamed Pacuare in 1947. She served until 1959,^[2] when she was sent to Troon for scrapping, arriving on 22 September.^[1]

Official number and code letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.

Pelikan used the Code Letters DJNP until 1945.^[5] Empire Alde, Pelican and Pacuare used the UK Official Number 181664 from 1945-59^[6]

References

1 2 "1181664". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2008-12-21. (subscription required (help)).
1 2 3 "Empire-A". Mariners-L. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
↑ "LISTE DES NAVIRES POURVUS DE MACHINES FRIGORIFIQUES" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
↑ "NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET MOTEURS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
↑ "STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
↑ "Search results for "1181664"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2008-12-21.

Empire ships beginning with Empire A

Aircraft Carriers	Empire Activity (II) Empire Audacity

Cargo ships	Empire Abbey¹ Empire Abercorn¹ Empire Ability Empire Activity (I) Empire Addison Empire Aden Empire Admiral Empire Adur Empire Adventure Empire Advocate Empire Airman (I) Empire Albany² Empire Albatross Empire Alde¹ Empire Aldgate³ Empire Allenby Empire Almond Empire Annan Empire Antelope Empire Antigua Empire Archer Empire Ardle Empire Arnold Empire Arun Empire Asquith Empire Athelstan³ Empire Atoll^{1, 2} Empire Attendant Empire Audrey² Empire Austen Empire Avocet¹ Empire Ayr

Landing ships	Empire Anvil Empire Arquebus

Tankers	Empire Airman (II) Empire Alderney² Empire Alliance Empire Amethyst Empire Anglesey Empire Arrow² Empire Arthur

Tugs	Empire Ace⁴ Empire Aid Empire Alfred Empire Andrew⁵ Empire Ann⁴ Empire Ariel⁵ Empire Ash

A B Ca–Cl Co–Cy D E F G H I–J K L M N O P R Sa–Sh Si–Sy Ta–Te Th–Ty U–Z

1 Refrigerated Cargo Ship 2 Coaster 3 Heavy lift ship 4 Coastal tug 5 Estuary tug

Ships operated by the Southern Railway

Ex LB&SC ships.	Arundel Brighton Dieppe La France Newhaven Paris Rouen Sussex Versailles

Ex L&SWR ships	Ada Alberta Ardena Bertha Brittany (renamed Aldershot in 1933) Caesaria Cherbourg Hantonia Laura Lorina Lymington Normannia Princess Ena Ulrica Vera

Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships	PS Duchess of Albany PS Duchess of Kent PS Duchess of Fife PS Duchess of Norfolk PS Princess Margaret

Ex SE&CR ships	Biarritz Canterbury Empress Engadine Invicta Maid of Orleans Riviera Victoria

Ships built for the SR	Arromanches Autocarrier Brighton Brittany Canterbury Dinard Falaise Freshwater Hampton Ferry Invicta Isle of Guernsey Isle of Jersey Isle of Sark Isle of Thanet Londres Maid of Kent Merstone Portsdown Ryde Sandown Shepperton Ferry Shanklin Southsea St Briac Twickenham Ferry Worthing Whippingham

Ships managed for the Ministry of War Transport	Empire Alde

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