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|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= |flag= |name=*''Empire Beresford'' (1943-45) *''Stanbell'' (1945-60) *''Kelantan'' (1960-65) |ordered= |awarded= |builder=Sir J Laing & Sons, Sunderland. |yard_number= |laid_down= |launched=15 September 1943 |completed= |christened= |acquired= |registry=*{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} Sunderland (1943-60) *{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} Hong Kong (1960-65) |identification=*UK Official Number 180052 *Code Letters GFMY (1943-45) *{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Mike}}{{ICS|Yankee}} |owner=*Ministry of War Transport (1943-45) *Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (1945-60) *Malaya Shipping Co, Hong Kong (1960-65) |operator=*J A Billmeir & Co Ltd (Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd) (1943-60) *United Shipping & Investment Co Ltd, Hong Kong (1960- ) *Gibson Shipping Co Inc, Macao. ( -1965) |commissioned= |recommissioned= |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |captured= |struck= |reinstated= |fate= Scrapped }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |tonnage=*{{GRT|9,805}}, {{NRT|5,793}} (1943-55) *{{GRT|10341|link=off}}, {{NRT|5,623|link=off}}, 14,810 DWT (1955-65)
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'''''Stanbell''''' was a {{GRT|9804|link=off}} tanker which was built by Sir J Laing & Sons, Sunderland in 1943 as '''''Empire Beresford''''' for the Ministry of War Transport. Postwar she was sold into merchant service and renamed ''Stanbell''. She was converted to a bulk carrier and later sold to new owners and renamed '''''Kelantan''''', serving until scrapped in 1965.
==Description== ''Empire Beresford'' was built by Sir J Laing & Sons, Sunderland.<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 753 and was launched on 15 September 1943 with completion in December.<ref name=Miramar>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1180052|accessdate=4 November 2009}}</ref> She was {{convert|484|ft|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|68|ft|3|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|36|ft|1|in|m|2}}.<ref name=Beresford>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/43/43b1108.pdf |title=NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=4 November 2009}}</ref> Her GRT was 9,804,<ref name=Ships/> with a NRT of 5,793.<ref name=Beresford/>
==Career== ''Empire Beresford'' was placed under the management of J A Billmeir & Co Ltd,<ref name=Ships/> who traded as the Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd.<ref name=Stanhope>{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/stanhope.htm |title=J. A. Billmeir / Stanhope Steamship Co. |publisher=The Ships List |access-date=4 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505133711/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/stanhope.htm |archive-date=5 May 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Her port of registry was Sunderland.<ref name=Beresford/> ''Empire Beresford'' was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.
;HX 313 Convoy HX 313 departed New York on 10 October 1944 and arrived at Liverpool on 24 October. ''Empire Beresford'' was listed as a member of this convoy but did not sail in it, she joined the following convoy, HX 314.
;HX 314 Convoy HX 314 departed New York on 15 October 1944 and arrived at Liverpool on 29 October. ''Empire Beresford'' was bound for Killingholme.
In 1945, Billmeir's purchased ''Empire Beresford'' from the MoWT and renamed her ''Stanbell''.<ref name=Ships/> On 13 December 1953, ''Stanbell'' was in collision with SS ''Marine Courier'' off Cape Henry, Virginia. The master of ''Marine Courier'' was found to have been at fault and his licence was suspended for a month.<ref name=Courier>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/legal/Suspension_Revocation/Commandant_Decisions/S_and_R_679_878/687%20-%20CAIN.pdf |title=Appeal No. 687 - WOODY L. CAIN v. US - 20 August, 1953. |publisher=United States Coast Guard |access-date=4 November 2009}}</ref>
In 1955, ''Stanbell'' was converted to a bulk carrier. She was now {{GRT|10341|link=off}}, {{NRT|5,623|link=off}} and 14,810 DWT.<ref name=Bulk>{{cite web|url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/allen/index_files/Page1407.htm |title=Billmeir Line |publisher=Benjidog |access-date=4 November 2009}}</ref> In 1960, ''Stanbell'' was sold to the Malaya Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong and renamed ''Kelantan''. She was initially placed under the management of United Shipping & Investment Co Ltd, Hong Kong but management was later transferred to Gibson Shipping Co Inc, Macao. ''Kelantan'' was scrapped in March 1965 at Hirao, Japan.
==Official Numbers and Code Letters==
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. ''Empire Beresford'' had the UK Official Number 180053 and the Code Letters GFMY.<ref name=Beresford/>
==Propulsion==
The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of {{convert|27|in|cm}}, {{convert|44|in|cm}} and {{convert|76|in|cm}} bore by {{convert|51|in|cm}} stroke. It was built by North East Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne.<ref name=Beresford/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Empire ships}} {{1953 shipwrecks}}
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