The SS Wallsend was a 2,905 gross register ton cargo ship constructed in 1943 by William Gray & Co Ltd in West Hartlepool, with yard number 1150. Originally launched as Empire Buttress on May 6, 1943, and completed in July of the same year, the vessel measured 315 feet 4 inches in length, with a beam of 46 feet 5 inches and a depth of 23 feet. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, built by North East Marine Engine Co Ltd in Newcastle upon Tyne, featuring cylinders of 20 inches, 31 inches, and 55 inches bore, with a 39-inch stroke. Under the management of Martyn, Martyn & Co Ltd of Newport, Wales, and registered in West Hartlepool, Empire Buttress served during World War II as part of numerous convoy operations. Notably, she participated in convoy JW 59 in August 1944, traveling from Loch Ewe to the Kola Inlet, with an ultimate destination of Murmansk, and was also part of convoy SC 142 in September 1943, carrying steel and pulpwood from Halifax to Liverpool. Although she was scheduled for convoy SC 141, she sailed with the subsequent convoy. After the war, in 1946, she was sold to Burnett Steamship Co Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne and renamed Wallsend, with her registry transferred to Newcastle. The vessel's service included a grounding incident at Hook of Holland in October 1955, from which she was refloated after two days. In 1959, she was sold to Bordagain Shipping Co Ltd of Liberia and renamed Bordagain, operated under French management. Further ownership changes occurred in 1967 when she was acquired by Panama-based Compania de Navegacion Pinares SA and renamed Daring. Daring remained in service until 1976, when she was scrapped in Split, Yugoslavia. Throughout her career, the ship bore the UK Official Number 168959 and the Liberian Official Number 1475, and used the code letters BFKP. Her maritime service spanned over three decades, from her wartime convoy duties to her postwar commercial operations, marking her as a representative example of mid-20th-century cargo vessel construction and operation.

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