{{other ships|SS Fangturm|SS Baltonia|SS Palmyra}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image= | image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *''Fangturm'' (1944–45) *''Empire Gallop'' (1945–47) *''Baltonia'' (1947–53) *''Baltic Oak'' (1953–57) *''Palmyra'' (1957–62) | namesake = | owner = *[[DDG Hansa]] (1944–45) *[[Ministry of War Transport]] (1945–46) *[[Ministry of Transport]] (1946) *United Baltic Corporation (1946–57) *Bock, Godeffroy & Co (1957–62) | operator = *DDG Hansa (1944–45) *PD Hendry & Sons (1945–46) *United Baltic Corporation (1946–57) *Deutsche Levant Linie (1957–62) | registry = *{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Ports of Bremen|Bremen]] (1944–45) *{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} [[Port of London|London]] (1945–57) *{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Port of Hamburg|Hamburg]] (1957-62) | route = | ordered = | builder = Deutsche Werft | original_cost = | yard_number = 448 | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = 23 October 1944 | completed = 29 December 1944 | commissioned = | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = 1962 | identification = *[[Maritime call sign|call sign]] DOYT (1944–45) *{{ICS|Delta}}{{ICS|Oscar}}{{ICS|Yankee}}{{ICS|Tango}} *UK [[official number]] 180674 (1945–57) *call sign GJKM (1945–57) *{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Juliet}}{{ICS|Kilo}}{{ICS|Mike}} *call sign DIQF (1957–62) *{{ICS|Delta}}{{ICS|India}}{{ICS|Quebec}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}} | fate = Sunk in a collision | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = Hansa A type [[cargo ship]] | tonnage = {{GRT|1944}}, {{NRT|985}}, {{DWT|3,200}} | displacement = | length = {{cvt|87.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | beam = {{cvt|13.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = {{cvt|5.59|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | depth = {{cvt|4.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | decks = | ice_class = | power = Compound steam engine, 1,200IHP | propulsion = Single screw propeller | speed = {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}} | capacity = | crew = | endurance = | armament = | notes = }} }}
'''''Palmyra''''' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as '''''Fangturm''''' in 1944 by [[Deutsche Werft]], [[Hamburg]], [[nazi Germany|Germany]] for [[Hansa Line]], [[Bremen]], Germany. She was seized as a [[prize (law)|prize of war]] in 1945, passing to the [[Ministry of War Transport]] and renamed '''''Empire Gallop'''''. She was sold in 1947 and renamed '''''Baltonia''''', the '''''Baltic Oak''''' in 1953. She was sold to [[West Germany]] in 1957 and renamed ''Palmyra''. She served until 1962, when she was sunk in a collision with another ship.
==Description== The ship was {{cvt|87.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long, with a beam of {{cvt|13.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. She had a depth of {{cvt|4.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{cvt|5.59|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. She was assessed as {{GRT|1944}}, {{NRT|965}},<ref name=Gallop45/> {{DWT|3200}}.<ref name=Marcussen>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=12165 |title=Fangturm (Ty.) |language=da |publisher=J Marcussen |accessdate=9 June 2020}}</ref>
The ship was propelled by a [[compound steam engine]], which had two cylinders of 42 cm (16{{frac|9|16}} inches) and two cylinders of 90 cm (35{{frac|7|16}} inches) diameter by 90 cm (35{{frac|7|16}} inches) stroke. The engine was built by Deutsche Werft.<ref name=Gallop45>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45a1189.pdf |year=1945 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |volume=I Steamers and Motorships of 300 Tons Gross and Over |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |via=[[Southampton City Council]] |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref> Rated at 1,200[[indicated horsepower|IHP]], it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}}.<ref name=Marcussen/>
==History== ''Fangturm'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as [[yard number]] 448 by [[Deutsche Werft]], [[Hamburg]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] for [[Hansa Line]], [[Bremen]], Germany. She was launched on 23 October 1944 and completed on 29 December. Her port of registry was Bremen,<ref name=Marcussen/><ref name=Ships>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |year=1995 |title=The Empire Ships |page=not cited |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |place= London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |isbn=1-85044-275-4 }}</ref> and the [[Code Letters]] DOYT were allocated.<ref name=Wrecksite>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195168 |title=Baltic Oak SS (1953~1957) Palmyra SS [+1962] |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 June 2020}}</ref>
In May 1945, ''Fangturm'' was seized as a [[prize (law)|prize of war]] at [[Kiel]]. She was passed to the [[Ministry of War Transport]] and renamed ''Empire Gallop''.<ref name=Ships/> Her United Kingdom [[official number]] was 180674 and her [[Maritime call sign|call sign]] was GJKM. She was registered in [[Port of London|London]] and [[Ship management|managed]] by PD Hendry & Sons.<ref name=Gallop45/>
on 26 November 1946,<ref name=Marcussen/> ''Empire Gallop'' was sold to the United Baltic Corporation, London. She was renamed ''Baltonia'' in 1947. Her port of registry was London.<ref name=Times0503467>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Public Notices |date=5 March 1947 |page=1 |issue=50701 |column=C }}</ref> She was renamed ''Baltic Oak'' in 1953.<ref name=Ships/>
''Baltic Oak'' was sold to Bock, Godeffroy & Co, [[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]] in 1957 and was renamed ''Palmyra''.<ref name=Ships/><ref name=Marcussen/> Her port of registry was Hamburg and the Code Letters DIQF were allocated.<ref name=Wrecksite/> She was operated under the management of the Deutsche Levant Linie.<ref name=Marcussen/> On 27 March 1962, she collided with the British merchant ship {{MV|British Mariner|1948|2}} and sank {{convert|18|nmi|km}} west of [[Ouessant]], [[Finistère]], France. ''Palmyra'' was on a voyage from Hamburg to [[Istanbul]], Turkey with a cargo of vehicles, steel and general cargo.<ref name=Ships/><ref name=Wrecksite/> ''British Mariner'' put in to the [[River Tyne]] for inspection. She was deemed a [[constructive total loss]] and was scrapped.<ref name=BM>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1378 |title=British Mariner |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=9 June 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.shipspotting.com/photos/middle/3/9/5/2916593.jpg Monochrome photograph of ''Palmyra''].
{{Hansa A type ships}} {{Empire ships}} {{1962 shipwrecks}}
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