Casgliadau Arlein

Port bow view of S.S. EPSOM, Penarth Docks, 1948.

EPSOM (7056gt) : Built 1945 as EMPIRE FAVOUR by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee (with 8-cylinder diesel engine by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle), for MoWT, managed by Clark & Service. 1947 – Sold to Britain Steamship Co., and renamed EPSOM, managed by Watts, Watts & Co. 1950 – Sold to United British Steamship Co., and renamed ERRINGTON COURT, managed by Court Line Ltd. 1956 – Sold to Cia de Nav. Penelope, Panama, under the Liberian flag, and renamed PENELOPE. 1961 – Transferred to the Greek flag. 1964 – Sold to Dalia Cia Nav., Panama, and renamed ANDROMACHI. She was damaged by Israeli shelling and caught fire at Suez on 25 June 1969, and was broken up at Adabiah, Suez in 1976.