SS Hewsang

Hewsang was a 3,539 GRT cargo ship which was built by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool in 1944 as Empire Bermuda for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Postwar she was sold into merchant service and renamed Hewsang and later sold to new owners and renamed Sunshine, serving until scrapped in 1970.

Description
Empire Bermuda was built by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepoo. She was yard number 1173 and was launched on 30 September 1944 with completion in November. She was 315 ft long, with a beam of 46 ft and a depth of 22 ft. Her GRT was 3,359, with a NRT of 2,257.

Career
Empire Bermuda was placed under the management of the Joseph Constantine Steamship Line by the MoWT. In 1949, she was sold to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London and renamed Hewsang. In 1963, Hewsang was sold to the Sunshine Navigation Co Ltd, Panama and renamed Sunshine. She was placed under the management of Patt Manfield & Co Ltd, Hong Kong. The ship was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in March 1970.

Official Numbers and Code Letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Empire Bermuda had the UK Official number 180078 and the Code Letters GDMP.

Propulsion
The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of 20 in, 31 in and 55 in bore by 39 in stroke. It was built by the Central Marine Engineering Works, West Hartlepool.