Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Chapters: Ferries of Finland, Passenger ships of Finland, World War II merchant ships of Finland, SS Ragnhild, GTS Finnjet, MS Golden Princess, MS Kaptain Boris, Palm Beach Princess, MS Gabriella, MS Viking XPRS, MS Silja Festival, MS Silja Europa, MS Expedition, MS Rosella, MS Svea Corona, MS Isabella, SS Deneb, Herzogin Cecilie, Ponape, MS Superfast VII, MS Viking Cinderella, Parma, SS Ganter, SS Pompeji, SS Edenhurst, SS Corona, SS Ernst Brockelmann, USS Ino, MS Bore, MS Mariella, MS Amorella, SS Friedrich Bischoff, MS Silja Serenade, SS Empire Bard, MS Aallotar, MS Silja Symphony, MS Nordlandia, Viking ADCC, Sigyn, Star class ferry, SS Ukkopekka, HSC Speedrunner III, HSC Speedrunner IV, MS Superfast VIII, MDV1200 class fast ferry, Furst Menschikoff, MS Viking 1, SS Martti Ragnar, Arcturus, Pikkarala Ferry. Excerpt: Ragnhild was a 2, 866 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1941 for the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Carey. In 1942 she was transferred to the Norwegian Government in exile and renamed Ragnhild. Her war service is very well documented, and serves to illustrate a typical tramp ship's service life during the Second World War. She was sold out of government service in 1946 and renamed Penelope. She was sold to Finland in 1950 and served until 1972 when she was sold to Sweden, renamed Ingeborg and hulked. Laid up in 1974, she was scrapped in Denmark in 1976. The ship was built by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool, as yard number 1125. She was launched on 20 October 1941 and completed in December. The ship was 315 feet 4 inches (96.11 m) long, with a beam of 46 feet 5 inches (14.15 m) and a depth of 23 feet 0 inches (7.01 m). Her GRT was 2, 066, with a NRT of 1, 688. Her DWT was 4, 670. She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 20 inches (51 cm), 31 inches (79 cm) and 55 inches (140 cm) diameter and 39 inches (99 cm) stroke. The engine was made by the Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool. The ship could make 10 knots (19 km/h). Empire Carey was built for the Ministry of War Transport. She was initially placed under the management of J & C Harrison Ltd. The Official Number 168931 and Code Letters BCTK were allocated and her port of registry was West Hartlepool. The activities of Empire Carey (and Ragnhild) during the Second World War are unusually well documented. She was to have been a member of Convoy HX 183, which departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on 2 April 1942 and arrived at Liverpool on 15 April, but she joined Convoy SC 78, which departed Halifax on 5 April and arrived at Liverpool on 22 April. Empire Carey was carrying a cargo of flour bound for Glasgow. She was carrying the convoy's Rear Commodore. On 30 April 1942, after just five months in British service, Empire Carey was transferred to the Norwegian