{{For|other ships named Hispania|SS Hispania}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= |flag= |name=*''Empire Beaconsfield'' (1943-46) *''Hawkinge'' (1946-51) *''Angusbrae'' (1951-56) *''Hispania'' (1956-60) *''Dia'' (1960-64) |owner=*Ministry of War Transport (1943-46 *Constants (South Wales) Ltd (1946-51) *Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co (1951-56) *Willem H Müller & Co NV (1956-60) *West End Corporation (1960-64) |operator=*Andrew Weir & Co Ltd (Bank Line) (1943) *Constants (South Wales) Ltd (1943-51) *Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co (1951-56) *Willem H Müller & Co NV (1956-60) *West End Corporation (1960-64) |ordered= |awarded= |builder=William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool |yard_number=1159 |laid_down= |launched=2 October 1943 |completed=November 1943 |christened= |acquired= |registry=*{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} West Hartlepool (1943-51) *{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} UK <!--where?-->(1951-60) *{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Rotterdam (1956-60) *{{Flagicon|Panama}} Panama City (1960-64) |identification=*UK Official Number 180066 (''Empire Beaconsfield'') *Code Letters GFMX (''Empire Beaconsfield'') *{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Mike}}{{ICS|X-ray}} |commissioned= |recommissioned= |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |captured= |struck= |reinstated= |fate= Sank, 14 October 1964 }}
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'''SS ''Dia''''' was a {{GRT|2905|link=off}} cargo ship which was built as '''''Empire Beaconsfield''''' in 1943. She was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and managed by Bank Line Ltd and Constants (South Wales) LTd. Postwar she was sold to her managers and renamed '''''Hawkinge'''''. She later saw service with different owners as '''''Angusbrae''''', '''''Hispania''''' and ''Dia''. She developed a leak and sank off Savona, Italy on 14 October 1964.
==Career== ''Empire Beaconsfield'' was built by William Gray & Sons Ltd, West Hartlepool, Co Durham.<ref name=Ships>{{cite book | last1=Mitchell|first1=W.H.|last2=Sawyer|first2=L.A. | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4}}</ref> She was yard number 1159, ''Empire Beaconsfield'' was launched on 2 October 1943 and completed in December that year.<ref name=Miramar>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1180066|access-date=18 October 2009}}</ref> ''Empire Beaconsfield'' was built for the MoWT and placed under the management of Andrew Weir & Co Ltd, trading as the Bank Line.<ref name=Bank>{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bank.htm |title=Andrew Weir & Co. / Bank Line |publisher=The Ships List |access-date=18 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110230241/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bank.htm |archive-date=10 January 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Her port of registry was West Hartlepool.<ref name=Beaconsfield>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/43/43b1109.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS |access-date=18 October 2009}}</ref>
In 1943, management was transferred from Bank Line to Constants (South Wales) Ltd, Cardiff.<ref name=Bank/><ref name=Beaconsfield/> In 1946, she was sold to her managers and renamed ''Hawkinge''. In 1951, she was sold to the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co and renamed ''Angusbrae''. In 1956, she was sold to Willem H Müller & Co NV, Rotterdam and renamed ''Hispania''. In 1960, she was sold to the West End Corporation, Panama and renamed ''Dia''.<ref name=Ships/>
==Sinking==
On 14 October 1964, ''Dia'' developed a leak and sank south of Savona, Italy at {{coord|44|12|N|08|38|E}}.<ref name=Ships/>
==Official Numbers and Code Letters==
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. ''Empire Beaconsfield'' had the UK Official Number 180066 and used the Code Letters GFMX.<ref name=Beaconsfield/>
==Propulsion==
The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of {{convert|20|in|cm}}, {{convert|31|in|cm}} and {{convert|55|in|cm}} diameter and {{convert|39|in|cm}} stroke. It was built by the Central Marine Engineering Works Ltd, West Hartlepool and developed {{convert|281|hp|kW}}.<ref name=Beaconsfield/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.arendnet.com/c06.htm Photos of SS ''Hispania'']
{{1964 shipwrecks}} {{Empire ships}}
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