SS Clan Alpine (1942)

Clan Alpine stranded in 1961
History
Name	Empire Barrie (1942-45) Clan Alpine (1945-57) Umvoti (1957-59) Clan Alpine (1959-61)
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1942-45) Clan Line Steamers Ltd (1945-57) Bullard, King & Co (1957-59) Clan Line Steamers Ltd (1959-61)
Operator	Allen, Black & Co Ltd (1942-44) Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd (1944-45) Clan Line Steamers Ltd (1945-57) Bullard, King & Co (1957-59) Clan Line Steamers Ltd (1959-61)
Port of registry	Sunderland (1942-45) Glasgow (1945-57) London (1957-61)
Builder	J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Yard number	615
Launched	17 January 1942
Completed	April 1942
Out of service	31 October 1960
Identification	UK Official Number 169016 Code Letters BDRD (1942-45)
Fate	Scrapped February 1961
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,168 GRT 4,523 NRT
Length	423 ft 8 in (129.13 m)
Beam	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Depth	34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
Propulsion	1 x triple expansion steam engine (George Clark (1938) Ltd, Sunderland) 2,510 hp (1,870 kW), supplied by 3 x Scotch boilers. 2 x Belliss and Morcom steam powered generators.
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Armament	1 x 4" gun, 1 x 3" gun, 8 x machine guns (Empire Barrie)

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Location of the stranding of Clan Alpine.

Clan Alpine was a 7,168 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Barrie. She was sold to Clan Line Steamers Ltd in 1947 and served with them until 1957 when she was sold to Bullard, King & Co Ltd and renamed Umvoti. In 1959 she was sold back to Clan Line and renamed Clan Alpine. She was sold for scrap in 1960 and wrecked in a cyclone in October 1960 at Chittagong, East Pakistan, finally being scrapped in February 1961. She can be seen early on in the 1959 film "Waterfront" (an early film starring Richard Burton).