Empire Ken was a 9,523 GRT passenger ship which was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Launched in 1928 as Ubena for Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie. Requisitioned in 1939 by the …

HMT Empire Ken, circa 1950s. The Empire Ken started her life as the Ubena, one of several luxury vessels operated by the German East Africa Line in the 1930s. During the Second …

Images of 112,000 ships - there are 150 Images of Troopships relating to 1925/1965 shown in the first section listed below, with another 51 Empire troopships which can be accessed in the …

EMPIRE KEN docked at an unidentified port. We have over 1.7 million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new …

HMT. Empire Ken - 9523tons, built 1928 Passenger ship. Seized by Allies at Travemunde in 1945. HMT EMPIRE KEN was scrapped in 1957. Her previous history was: 1928 UBENA, …

Empire Ken This ship was built in 1928 as a passenger liner, named the Ubena, for the German East Africa Line. In 1939 she was used by the German Navy as a U-Boat depot ship, but at …

Vessel name on Arrival: Empire Ken. Original Builder: Blohm + Voss, Steinwerder, Hamburg, Germany. Original Yard No: 482. Official Number: 180773. Vessel Type: passenger. GRT: …

LS to the De Lesseps statue and pan left over blocks of flats. LS to the troopship Empire Ken with a LCT alongside, and pan left past two LSTs in commercial livery to the central mole with …

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