EMPIRE - A

All general cargo ships unless otherwise described.

NAME,
EMPIRE -
G.T.
LEN.
BEAM
BLDR
 COMP
HISTORY
Abbey 7032 431 56   20 1944 MOWT, managed by Elders & Fyffes Ltd.
1946 TEVIOT, Royal Mail Lines, London.
1960 ARDELLIS, Mullion & Co, Hong Kong.
1963 TUNG AN, Hai An Shipping Co, Hong Kong.
1966 scrapped Taiwan.
Abercorn 8563 457 63   14 1945 Refrigerated. 
MOWT managed by New Zealand Shipping Co. 
1946 RAKAIA, New Zealand Shipping Co, London.
1966 Federal S.N.Co.
1971 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Ability 7603 504 62  B17 1931 1931 UHENFELS, Hansa Line, Bremen.
1939 Captured by R.N.off Freetown.
1940 EMPIRE ABILITY, MOWT managed by Elder Dempster Lines.
27.6.41 torpedoed and sunk by U.69 at 23.50N 21.10W. 
Ace  274 105 27   36 1942 Coastwise tug. MOWT.
1947 DILIGENT, The Admiralty.
1961 EMPIRE ACE, Secretary of State for Defence, London
1961 Loaned to US Navy in Scotland.
1964 Ministry of Defence, London.
1968 Aground Campbelltown, Scotland - total loss.
1971 Scrapped Campbelltown.
Activity 5287 400 52.4   23 1919 1919 BELGIAN, Frederick Leyland & Co, Liverpool
1934 AMELIA LAURO, Achille Lauro, Naples, 10.6.40 seized by British at Immingham. 
1941 EMPIRE ACTIVITY, MOWT managed by Galbraith, Pembroke & Co.
3.10.43 Wrecked Newfoundland.
Addison 7010 431 56   17 1940 MOWT, managed by T & J.Harrison, Liverpool.
1945 PHILOSOPHER, T & J.Harrison, Liverpool.
1959 AIOLOS, Concordia Shipping Corp, Liberia.
1963 scrapped Hong Kong.
Aden 7308 431 56   03 1945 1945 MOWT managed by H.Hogarth & Sons.
1946 MOWT managed by A.Weir & Co, London.
1948 ETIVEBANK, A.Weir & Co, London.
1955 ALCYONE FORTUNE, Alcyone Shipping Co, London.
1958 NORTHERN VENTURE, Pan Norse SS Co, Panama (Wallem & Co, Hong Kong)
1966 managed by Wah Kwong & Co, Hong Kong.
9.6.67 aground Okinawa, total loss, scrapped.
Admiral 7842 451 67   25 1945 1945 MOWT, managed by Alfred Holt & Co.
1945 Glen Line Ltd.
1947 Kaye, Son & Co, London.
1947 PETER DAL, Dalhousie Steam & Motorship Co.
1951 BENLEDI, Ben Line Steamers (W.Thomson & Co, Edinburgh)
1953 E.G.Thomson Ltd, same managers.
1963 ANDROS TOMMENO, Andros Navigation Co, Nassau.
1963 Frank Shipping Co, Liberia.
1966 UNIQUE CARRIER, Unique Maritime Corp, Liberia.
1969 scrapped Taiwan.
Adur 1479 220 40  A15 1920 1920 GRIFFDU, Universal SS & Barge Co, Seattle.
1925 The Charles Nelson Co, San Francisco.
1935 NOYO, Union Lumber Co, San Francisco.
1940 NANG SUANG NAWA, Thia Niyom Panich Co, Bangkok.
1942 EMPIRE ADUR, MOWT managed by Singapore Straits SS Co.
1948 NANG SUANG NAWA, Thai Maritime Navigation Co, Bangkok.
1955 Went missing at sea in tow of Philippines tug ALBACORE (also missing) to Hong Kong for scrapping..
Adventure 5145 375 51   75 1921 1921 EASTNEY, Romney SS Co, London.
1924 GERMAINE L-D, L.Dreyfus & Co, France.
1921 ANDREA, Soc.Anon di Nav.Corrado, Genoa.
6.1940 Seized by Britain at Newcastle.
1940 EMPIRE ADVENTURE, MOWT
20.9.40 torpedoed and sunk by U.138 off Islay.
Advocate 5787 437 56  B79 1913 1913 SOLFELS, Hansa Line, Bremen.
1919 War Prize, Shipping Controller, managed by H.Hogarth & Sons.
1920 BOWES CASTLE, Lancashire Shipping Co.
1932 ANGELINA LAURO, Achille Lauro & Co, Naples.
23.6.40 Seized by Britain at Liverpool. 
1940 EMPIRE ADVOCATE, MOWT managed by Galbraith, Pembroke & Co, London.
1945 scrapped Bo'ness.
Aid  479 136 30   35 1944 Ocean going tug. MOWT
1952 MARINIA, Overseas Towage & Salvage Co
1954 HUDA, Kuwait Oil Co Ltd
1965 H.H.Deep, Kuwait.
1967 Scrapped Basrah.
Airman (1) 6561 450 56  B74 1915 1915 TEODO, Italian Government Ministry of Transport
1924 BARBANA, Ministry of Marine, Italy.
1926 BARBANA G, Soc.Anon di Nav.Garibaldi, Genoa.
10.6.40 Captured off Newcastle by Britain.
1940 EMPIRE AIRMAN, MOWT
21.9.40 torpedoed and sunk by U.100 at approx.54.00N 18.00W.
Airman (2) 9813 484 68   16 1942 Tanker. 
MOWT managed by Eagle Oil Co.
1946 SAN WENCESLAO, Eagle Oil & Transport Co.
1959 scrapped Hong Kong.
Albany  306 133 25   47 1944 Coaster. MOWT.
1946 ALBANY, Mrs P.Dowds, Eire.
20.11.46 sailed Port Talbot for Rosslare, went missing.
Albatross 4714 377 52   A9 1919 1918 HOXIE, US Shipping Board, Baltimore
1937 US Maritime Commission, Baltimore
1940 EMPIRE ALBATROSS, MOWT managed by Sir W. Reardon Smith & Sons.
1940 MOWT managed by Dene Management Co.
1942 BELGIAN FISHERMAN, Belgian Government, managed by L. Dens & Cie, Antwerp.
1946 BELGIQUE, Cie Royale Belgo-Argentine SA, Antwerp.
1950 MARTHA HENDRIK FISSER, Hendrik Fisser AG, Emden.
1958 scrapped Hamburg.
Alde 3675 358 45   B6 1934 1934 PELIKAN, F.Laeisz, Hamburg.
1940 German Navy.
1945 Seized by Britain at Brunsbuttel.
1946 EMPIRE ALDE, MOWT, managed by Kaye, Sons & Co
1946 PELIKAN, Elders & Fyffes Ltd. 
1947 PACUARE, same owners
1959 scrapped Troon.
Alderney  288 136 21   41 1944 Coastal Tanker. MOWT.
1946 MIL 50, Norsk Tankanlaeg A/S, Norway.
1955 MAX S., Partenrederei Max S (M.Sotje, Germany)
1958 Marina Mercante Nicaraguense, Nicaragua.
1959 Cia.Maritima Mundial, Nicaragua.
1980 Trafford Holdings Ltd, Cayman Islands.
Aldgate 3485 316 46.5   11 1945 Heavy Lift. MOWT.
1948 THACKERAY, Rodney SS Co, London.
1951 SUGAR REFINER, Silvertown Services Ltd, London.
1958 SAN PATRICIO, Valck & Monckton, Valparaiso
1962 Worldwide Maritime Co, Liberia.
1965 SAN MIGUEL, Altair Maritime Corp, Liberia.
1965 Abandoned by owners at Tarragona.
1967 Scrapped Cartagena.
Alfred  242 107 27   52 1944 Ocean going tug. MOWT.
1946 MUSCLE, French Government.
1951 ABEILLE No.22., Les Abeilles Cie de Rem.Sauv, Le Havre.
1969 Scrapped Le Havre.
Allenby 9904 475 64   24 1945 MOWT, managed by Prince Line (Furness Withy).
1946 DRAKENSBURG CASTLE, Union-Castle Mail SS Co.Ltd.
1959 scrapped Hong Kong.
Alliance 9909 484 68   16 1945 Tanker. 
MOWT, managed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London.
1945 BRITISH DRAGOON, British Tanker Co.
1962 scrapped Blyth.
Almond 6860 430 57  B78 1941 1941 MOWT managed by W.Runciman & Co.
1943 managed by Coolham SS Co Ltd.
1946 MARQUITA, Kaye, Son & Co, London.
1951 MARSLAND, same owner.
1960 HUTA ZGODA, Polish Steamship Co, Szczecin
1969 MP-ZOZIE-12, floating warehouse.
1978 scrapped Faslane.
Amethyst 8032 464 61   10 1941 Tanker. MOWT.
13.4.42 Torpedoed and sunk by U.154 at 17.40N 74.50W
Andrew  138  94 21   55 1944 Estuary tug. MOWT.
1948 DZIK, Polish Government
1961 Deleted from registers, reported scrapped.
Anglesey  288 136 21   41 1945 Coastal Tanker. MOWT.
1946 ABADAN, A/S Tanks Rederi, Denmark.
1961 RENEE J., Celtic Coasters Ltd, Ireland.
1969 Scrapped Cork.
Ann  232 105 27   40 1943 Coatwise tug. MOWT.(naval work at Malta)
1947 SOLWAY, United Steel Companies, Sheffield, operated by Workington Harbour & Dock Board.
1977 Scrapped Fleetwood.
Annan 2385 281 44  B64 1935 1935 MASUREN, Kohlen-Import & Poseidon Co, Konigsberg.
1945 Seized by Britain at Copenhagen.
1945 EMPIRE ANNAN, MOWT
1947 United States Maritime Commission.
1948 Fanmaur Shipping & Trading Co, New York.
1950 THOMAS N. EPIPHANIADES, T.N.Epiphaniades, Greece.
1952 HELGA BOGE, J.Blumenthal, Hamburg.
1960 FUHLSBUTTEL, Koehn & Bohlmann Reederi, Hamburg.
1964 scrapped Bremerhaven.
Antelope 4753 381 53.1  A36 1919 1919 OPHIS, US Shipping Board, Tacoma.
1928 BANGU, same owner.
1937 US Maritime Commission, New York.
1941 EMPIRE ANTELOPE, MOWT, managed by Moss Hutchinson Line.
2.11.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.402 at 52.26N 45.22W.
Antigua 7331 431 56   20 1946 1946 MOWT, managed by Dodd, Thompson & Co.
1946 CULROSS, South Georgia Co.(Salvesen's, Leith)
1958 laid up at Gairloch.
1960 AKASTOS, Nav.y de Comercio Apolo Ltda, Lebanon.(N.J.Vlassopulos, London)
1961 transferred to Greek flag, same owner.
1966 transferred to Cyprus flag, managed by Aegis Shipping, London.
1967 transferred to Blue X Transocean Co, Athens, Cyprus flag.
1968 MARINA, scrapped Hamburg.
Anvil 7177 396 60  A11 1943 Landing Ship. Laid down as CAPE ARGOS, completed as -
1944 EMPIRE ANVIL, MOWT managed by Furness Withy & Co.
1944 ROCKSAND, Royal Navy.
1946 EMPIRE ANVIL, MOWT managed by Furness Withy & Co.
1947 United States Maritime Commission.
1948 CAPE ARGOS, Same owner.
1948 To be sold to China and renamed HAI YA, sale postponed.
1950 EMPIRE ANVIL, U.S.Maritime Commission, laid up in James River, Va.
1960 HAI YA, China Merchants S.N.Co, Taiwan
1973 FU MING, Yangming Marine Transport, Taiwan.
1974 Scrapped Keelung.
Archer 7031 431 56   05 1942 1942 MOWT, managed by Raeburn & Verel Ltd.
1946 BARON MURRAY, H.Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow.
1959 CATHAY, Cathay Shipping Corp, Panama
1963 scrapped Yokosuka.
Ardle 2798 344 51  B23 1945 Laid down as SASBECK for German owners.
1945 Seized by Britain uncompleted at Lubeck.
1946 EMPIRE ARDLE, MOWT
1947 LEWIS HAMILTON, Rodney SS Co, London
1950 INDUS, C.H.Abrahamsen, Stockholm
1968 C.Hultstrom, Stockholm
1968 FALCON, Seabird Navigation Inc, Liberia.
1969 SEA FALCON, Lilly Nav.Corp, Panama.
1970 Seabird Nav.Inc, Liberia.
1971 Scrapped Aviles.
Ariel  129  92 20.5   55 1942 Estuary tug. MOWT. (naval work) 
1947 ARIEL, Cie.Rem.Les Tuyaux Bleus, Bordeaux.
1951 JOLASRY 5, J.Lasry & Sons, Oran.
1956 VELOX, D.Tripcovich & Co, Italy.
1976 MANUELLA F, Marittima Farsoura, Italy, converted to barge.
Arnold 7045 431 56   11 1942 MOWT managed by Sir.R.Ropner & Co.
4.8.42 Torpedoed and sunk by U.155 at 10.45N 52.30W.
Arquebus 7177 396 60  A11 1944 Landing Ship. Laid down as CAPE ST.VINCENT for US War Shipping Admin, completed as -
1944 EMPIRE ARQUEBUS, MOWT managed by Donaldson Bros & Black Ltd.
1944 CICERO, Royal Navy.
1945 EMPIRE ARQUEBUS, MOWT managed by Donaldson Bros & Black Ltd.
1946 US War Shipping Admin.
1946 AL SUDAN, Soc.Misr.de Nav.Maritime, Egypt, converted to passenger ship.
1959 Egyptian Government.
1961 United Arab Maritime Co, UAR.
1973 Egyptian Navigation Co, Egypt.
1980 Arrived Suez for scrapping.
1984 Demolition not begun.
Arrow 3766 344 48   24 1945 Intermediate Tanker. MOWT.
1947 BRITISH BUGLER, British Tanker Co.
1958 MONTMAJOUR, Cie.d'Armement Maritime, Djibouti.
1963 MANTINIA, Greek Tanker Shipping Co, Piraeus (C.Diamantis)
1978 laid up at Piraeus.
1981 scrapped Kynosoura, Greece.
Arthur  780 193 31   39 1942 Coastal Tanker. MOWT.
22.11.43 capsized and sank at Freetown. Total loss.
1948 Salvaged and repaired as -
1949 MERULA, Ape Azionaria Petroliere, Italy.
1951 ADHERITY, F.T.Everard & Sons, London.
1962 scrapped Nieuw Lekkerkerk, Holland.
Arun 5490 391 54  B74 1922 1922 SAVOIA, Lloyd Triestino, Trieste.
11.2.41 captured by R.N at Kismayu, Italian Somaliland
1942 EMPIRE ARUN, MOWT managed by Union-Castle Mail SS Co.
1947 GRANLAKE, Goulandris Bros, London.
1949 DRYAD, Cia Maritima del Este, Panama.
1951 SHIRANESAN MARU, Hikari Kisen KK, Tokyo.
1953 Mitsi Kinkai Kisen KK, Tokyo.
1955 Hokuyo Suisan KK, Tokyo, crab cannery.
1962 TAINICHI MARU, Nichiro Gyogyo KK, Tokyo.
1969 scrapped Utsumi-Machi, Japan.
Ash  263 108 26   36 1941 Ocean going tug. MOWT.
1946 FLYING FULMAR, Clyde Shipping Co.
1956 SEA ALARM, C.J.King & Sons, Bristol.
1973 Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum, Cardiff.
1978 Restored as exhibit.
Asquith 7082 431 56   20 1944 1944 MOWT managed by R.Chapman & Son.
1946 MOWT managed by Counties Ship Management Ltd, London.
1947 BROCKLEY HILL, Counties Ship Management
1951 STARCREST, Crest Shipping Co, Nassau.
1957 ARGOSY, Cia de Nav.Phoenix, Panama, Liberian flag.
1958 Codemar Cia de Empresas Maritimas, Panama, Liberian flag.
1960 NEZIHI IPAR, Ipar Transport Co, Istanbul.
1962 laid up, Istanbul.
1970 scrapped Istanbul.
Athelstan 7803 451 67   25 1946 Heavy Lift. 
1946 MOWT managed by P.Henderson & Co.
1946 MOWT managed by Alfred Holt & Co.
1947 BENALBANACH, Ben Line Steamers.
1965 CAMELOT, Ministry of Transport managed by British India SN Co.
1969 Board of Trade Sea Transport Branch.
1969 DRAGON CASTLE, Mercur Shipping Enterprise, Panama.
1975 Cuatebol Shipping S.A, Panama.
1975 Scrapped at Split.
Atoll  692 201 33   29 1946 Refrigerated Coaster. MOWT.
1946 HADRIAN COAST, Coast Lines Ltd.
1967 ELDA, E.Daviou, Greece.
1970 Aground Mehidia, Morocco, total loss.
Attendant 8441 450 58   02 1921 Passenger Ship
1921 DOMALA, British India S.N.Co.
2.3.40 bombed, set afire and beached in Solent, rebuilt as cargo ship-
1940 EMPIRE ATTENDANT, MOWT, managed by British India S.N.Co.
15.7.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.582 at 23.48N 21.51W
Audacity 5537 435 56   B6 1939 1939 HANNOVER, North German Lloyd, Bremen.
7.3.40 Captured at sea by R.N.off Dominica.
1939 SINBAD, MOWT.
1940 EMPIRE AUDACITY, MOWT managed by Cunard White Star Line.
1941 HMS AUDACITY (escort aircraft carrier)
23.12.41 torpedoed and sunk by U.751 at 43.45N 19.54W.
Audrey  657 177 31   34 1943 Coastal Tanker.MOWT
1946 AUDACITY, F.T.Everard & Sons, London.
1969 Scrapped Boom, Belgium after grounding 1967.
Austen 7057 433 56   17 1942 1942 MOWT managed by Honeyman & Co.
1946 MOWT managed by Counties Ship Management
1949 FRINTON, Counties Ship Management, London. 
1951 FREECREST, Crest Shipping Co, Nassau.
1955 FAIRWATER, International Navigation Corp, Liberia.
1961 APJ USHA, Surrendra Private Ltd, Calcutta.
1962 scrapped India.
Avocet 5963 402 53.1  A27 1919 1919 COTATI, US Shipping Board, San Francisco.
1937 US Maritime Commission, San Francisco.
1942 EMPIRE AVOCET, MOWT managed by New Zealand Shipping Co.
29.9.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.125 at 04.05N 13.23W
Ayr 5064 439 57  B57 1943 1943 EBERHART ESSBERGER, J.T.Essberger, Hamburg.
1945 Seized by Britain at Kiel.
1945 EMPIRE AYR, MOWT
1946 DMITRY DONSKOY, U.S.S.R.
1974 Scrapped U.S.S.R.

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