About: MV John Lyras

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John Lyras was a 7,513 GRT heavy lift ship that was built in 1942 as Empire Elaine by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She spent most of the Second World War serving in the Indian Ocean, although she did visit the Mediterranean to take part in Operation Husky and Operation Dragoon. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed John Lyras. In 1959, she was sold to a Panamania owner. A further sale in 1970 saw her renamed Boundary. She served until 1972 when she was scrapped.

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  • John Lyras was a 7,513 GRT heavy lift ship that was built in 1942 as Empire Elaine by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She spent most of the Second World War serving in the Indian Ocean, although she did visit the Mediterranean to take part in Operation Husky and Operation Dragoon. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed John Lyras. In 1959, she was sold to a Panamania owner. A further sale in 1970 saw her renamed Boundary. She served until 1972 when she was scrapped. (en)
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  • 1942-07-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped
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  • Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd (en)
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  • Heavy lift ship (en)
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  • November 1942 (en)
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  • Scrapped (en)
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  • *United Kingdom Official Number 167744 *Code Letters BFCX * (en)
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  • 1942-07-30 (xsd:date)
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  • *Empire Elaine *John Lyras *Boundary (en)
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  • *Clan Line Steamers Ltd *Lyras & Lemos Bros Ltd *Lyras Bros Ltd, London *Gersigny & Co Ltd (en)
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  • *Ministry of War Transport *Ministry of Transport *Marine Enterprises Ltd *Viking Shipping Corporation *New Frontier Shipping Co Inc Official No. 4841 PEXT (en)
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  • 516 (xsd:integer)
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  • One 2SCSA Diesel engine, single screw propeller (en)
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  • * Barrow in Furness, UK * United Kingdom * Greece * Monrovia, Liberia * Panama City, Panama (en)
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  • * * *10,300 DWT (en)
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  • John Lyras was a 7,513 GRT heavy lift ship that was built in 1942 as Empire Elaine by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She spent most of the Second World War serving in the Indian Ocean, although she did visit the Mediterranean to take part in Operation Husky and Operation Dragoon. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed John Lyras. In 1959, she was sold to a Panamania owner. A further sale in 1970 saw her renamed Boundary. She served until 1972 when she was scrapped. (en)
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  • MV John Lyras (en)
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  • *Boundary (1970–72) (en)
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  • *John Lyras (1947–70) (en)
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