MV Aqueity (1945)

Aqueity was an 890 GRT coastal tanker which was built by 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 mine and sank off the coast of the Netherlands.

[5] In 1947, Empire Belgrave was sold to F T Everard & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe and renamed Aqueity.

The ship had the UK Official Number 169440 and the Code Letters GKJW.

[3] The ship was propelled by a two-stroke Single Cycle, Single Action diesel engine which had four cylinders of 13+3⁄4 inches (350 mm) diameter by 22+7⁄16 inches (570 mm) stroke.