SS Empire Javelin
steamship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- SS Empire Javelin
- IMO number
- 1169774
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- steamship
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 127.4 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1944
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation
- Registered owner
- Ministry of War Transport
- Operator
- Blue Star Line
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About SS Empire Javelin
SS Empire Javelin was an Infantry Landing Ship designated an "LSI (Large)" in service with the UK in the latter part of World War II. Launched on 25 October 1943, she was a United States Maritime Commission C1-S-AY1 subtype, one of thirteen similar ships built by Consolidated Steel Corporation. SS Empire Javelin served as a troop ship in Operation Overlord, starting with the initial landings on the beaches on 6 June 1944 ("D-Day"). She was lost on 28 December 1944 while in convoy to France with 1,483 troops aboard somewhere around the midpoint between Southampton, southern England, and Le Havre, France. She may have been torpedoed by German submarine U-322, active in the area on the same day, or struck a mine.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SS Empire Javelin now?
- SS Empire Javelin has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is SS Empire Javelin?
- SS Empire Javelin is a steamship, built in 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corporation. The vessel is 127.4 m long.
- Who owns SS Empire Javelin?
- SS Empire Javelin is registered to Ministry of War Transport and operated by Blue Star Line. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has SS Empire Javelin been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for SS Empire Javelin appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).