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|Ship class=Coastal tanker
|Ship name=*''Empire Belgrave'' (1945-47)
*''Aqueity'' (1947)
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|Ship builder=[[A. & J. Inglis]] Ltd, [[Glasgow]]
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|Ship launched=16 March 1945
|Ship completed=19 June 1945
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|Ship identification=*UK [[Official Number]] 169440
*Code Letters GKJW
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|Ship owner=*Ministry of War Transport (1945-47)
*Shell Tankers Ltd (1947)
*F T Everard (1947)
|Ship operator=*Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd (1945-47)
*F T Everard (1947)
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'''''Aqueity''''' was an {{GRT|890}} [[coastal trading vessel|coastal]] [[tank ship|tanker]] which was built by [[A. & J. Inglis|A & J Inglis Ltd]], [[Glasgow]] in 1945 for the [[Ministry of War Transport]] (MoWT) as '''''Empire Belgrave'''''. In 1947 she was sold to F T Everard and Sons and renamed ''Aqueity'', being lost later that year when she struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank off the coast of the Netherlands.

==Description==
''Empire Belgrave'' was built by [[A. & J. Inglis]] Ltd, Glasgow.<ref name=Ships>{{cite book | first = and Sawyer, L A| last = Mitchell, W H | 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 1299. ''Empire Belgrave'' was launched on 16 March 1945 and completed on 19 June.<ref name=Miramar>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1169440|access-date=29 October 2009}}</ref> She was {{convert|193|ft|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|32|ft|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|14|ft|5|in|m|2}}.<ref name=Belgrave>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45a0327.pdf|title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS|publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=29 October 2009}}</ref> Her GRT was 890,<ref name=Ships/> DWT 900<ref name=Clyde>{{cite web|url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=2112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050729085639/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=2112 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 July 2005 |title=mv EMPIRE BELGRAVE |publisher=Clydesite |access-date=29 October 2009}}</ref> with a NRT of 382.<ref name=Belgrave/>

==Career==
''Empire Belgrave'' was managed for the MoWT by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd.<ref name=Belgrave/> Postwar management passed to [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell Tankers]].<ref name=Helder>{{cite web|url=http://www.helderline.nl/tanker/1226/empire+belgrave/ |title=Empire Belgrave |publisher=Helder Line |access-date=29 October 2009}}</ref> In 1947, ''Empire Belgrave'' was sold to F T Everard & Sons Ltd, [[Greenhithe, Kent|Greenhithe]] and renamed ''Aqueity''. On 11 November 1947, she struck a mine off [[Terschelling]], the Netherlands and sank.<ref name=Ships/> The wreck lies in {{convert|22|m|ft}} of water at {{coord|53|32|N|05|02|E}}.<ref name=Wreck>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11874|title=MV Aqueity (1947)|publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=29 October 2009}}</ref>

==Official Numbers and Code Letters==
Official Numbers were a forerunner to [[IMO ship identification number|IMO Numbers]]. The ship had the UK [[Official Number]] 169440 and the Code Letters GKJW.<ref name=Belgrave/>

==Propulsion==
The ship was propelled by a two-stroke Single Cycle, Single Action [[diesel engine]] which had four cylinders of {{convert|13+3/4|in|mm}} diameter by {{convert|22+7/16|in|mm}} stroke. It was built by [[British Polar Engines]] Ltd, Glasgow.<ref name=Belgrave/>

==References==
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{{Inglis ships}}
{{Empire ships}}
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[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
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[[Category:World War II tankers]]
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[[Category:Shipwrecks of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1947]]
[[Category:Ships sunk by mines]]
[[Category:Ships built by Harland and Wolff]]