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Empire Dabchick Empire Dabchick was a 6,089 GRT cargo ship which was built by Atlantic Corporation, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Launched in 1919 as Kisnop for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). To MoWT in 1941 and renamed Empire Dabchick. Torpedoed and sunk on 3 December 1942 by U-183 at while a member of Convoy ONS 146.
Empire Dace Empire Dace was a 716 GRT coaster which was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne. Launched on 11 August 1942 and completed in September 1942. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in July 1943. Struck a mine on 1 December 1944 and sank at Missolonghi, Greece.
Empire Daffodil Empire Daffodil was a 394 GRT coaster which was built by Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV, Waterhuizen, Netherlands. Launched in 1940 as Caribe II for SG Hallstrom, Amsterdam. Requisitioned in 1940, to MoWT and renamed Empire Daffodil. Damaged on 9 July 1940 by enemy aircraft bombing. Taken to Portland, and later Southampton for repairs. Sold in 1946 to General Steam Navigation Co Ltd and renamed Greenfinch. Sold in 1966 to G M Moundreas & Bros, Greece and renamed Moira. Sold later that year to Orri Navigation Lines, Saudi Arabia and renamed Star of Medina.
Empire Damsel Empire Damsel was a 784 GRT coastal tanker which was built by Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, Grangemouth. Launched on 29 June 1942 and completed in October 1942. Sold in 1947 to the Bulk Oil Steamship Co Ltd, London and renamed Pass of Balmaha. Scrapped in March 1967 in Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire.
Empire Darby Empire Darby was a 203 GRT tug which was built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby. Launched on 8 January 1943 and completed in April 1943. To the Admiralty in 1947 and renamed Egerton. Sold in 1958 to HG Pounds, Portsmouth. Sold in 1961 to J D Irving Ltd, Canada and renamed Irving Beech. A new diesel engine was fitted in 1962. Ran aground on 1 December 1967 off New Waterford, Nova Scotia with tanker and a barge, all three ships were total losses.
Empire Daring Empire Daring was a 7,059 GRT cargo ship which was built by William Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow. Launched on 29 June 1943 and completed in August 1943. Sold in 1946 to Leith Hill Shipping Co Ltd and renamed Marietta. Operated under the management of Counties Ship Management Ltd, London until 1948, then under the management of Phoenician Ship Agency Ltd, London. Sold in 1958 to Bury Hill Shipping Co, remaining under Phoecian's management. Scrapped in 1959 in Split, Yugoslavia.
Empire Dart Empire Dart was a 4,186 GRT cargo ship which was built by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad, Malmö. Launched in 1925 as Skaneland. Sold in 1928 to Hamburg South America Line and renamed Pernambuco. Seized in May 1945 as a war prize at Kiel. To MoWT and renamed Empire Dart. Allocated in 1946 to USSR and renamed Krasnodar. Scrapped in April 1975 in Split, Yugoslavia.
Empire Darwin Empire Darwin was a 6,765 GRT cargo ship which was built by William Gray & Co, West Hartlepool. Launched on 13 May 1941 and completed in July 1941. Empire Darwin was a CAM ship. On 28 July 1943 her Hawker Hurricane shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor. She was damaged on 29 July 1943 by enemy bombing at , repaired at Glasgow. Sold in 1946 to the South Georgia Co Ltd and renamed Culrain. Operated under the management of Christian Salvesen & Co Ltd, Leith. Sold in 1959 to North Europe & Persian Gulf Transport Corporation and renamed Mersinidi. Operated under the management of J Livanos & Sons Ltd. Arrived on 30 December 1966 at Singapore for scrapping.
Empire Daughter Empire Daughter was a 2,026 GRT collier which was built by Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, Grangemouth. Launched on 27 December 1943 and completed in April 1944. Sold in 1946 to Harries Brothers & Co Ltd, Swansea and renamed Glanrhyd. Sold in 1948 to Tavistock Shipping Co, London, and renamed Noeldale. Sold in 1949 to Henry & McGregor Ltd, Leith and renamed Kinnaird Head. Sold in 1961 to Gino Gardella, Italy, and renamed Brick Quinto. Arrived on 13 July 1976 at Savona, Italy for scrapping.
Empire Dawn Empire Dawn was a 7,241 GRT cargo ship which was built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 14 December 1940 and completed in April 1941. Sunk on 11 September 1942 by German raider Michel southwest of Cape Town.
Empire Day was a 7,242 GRT CAM ship which was built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 27 March 1941 and completed in July 1941. Torpedoed on 7 August 1944 and sunk by U-198 south east of Zanzibar ().
Empire Deben Empire Deben was an 11,251 GRT ocean liner which was built by Howaldtswerke, Kiel. Launched in 1922 as Thuringia for Hamburg America Line. Used on the New York and Boston routes until 1929 when she was sold to Hamburg South America Line and renamed General San Martin. Requisitioned in 1940 by the Kriegsmarine, used as a floating barracks, then a tender and finally a hospital ship. She took part in the evacuation of civilians from the Baltic. Seized in May 1945 at Copenhagen. To MoWT and renamed Empire Deben. Operated under the management of Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. Scrapped in March 1949 at Newport, Monmouthshire.
Empire Dee Empire Dee was a 7,839 GRT cargo ship which was built by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen. Launched in 1939 as Neidenfels for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa", Bremen. Seized in May 1945 at Eckernförde. To MoWT and renamed Empire Dee. Allocated in May 1946 to USSR and renamed Admiral Ushakov. Scrapped in October 1975 in Split, Yugoslavia.
Empire Deed Empire Deed was a 6,676 GRT cargo ship which was built by Bartram & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 6 February 1943 and completed in May 1943. Damaged on 25 May 1943 by enemy bombing at Sunderland. Sold in 1946 to Sussex Steamship Co Ltd and renamed Deed. Operated under the management of SG Embiricos Ltd, London. Sold in 1951 to Compagnia Navigazione Doro, Panama and renamed Doro. Sold in 1956 to Z L Cambanis & others, Greece, and renamed Leonidas Cambanis. Sold in 1964 to First Steamship Co Ltd, Taiwan and renamed Ever Fortune then Ever Happiness. Scrapped in June 1967 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Empire Deep Empire Deep was an 894 GRT coaster which was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. Launched on 9 September 1941. Transferred to the Dutch Government in 1942 and renamed Starkenborgh. Sold in 1947 to the Hollandsche Stoomboots Maatschappij and renamed Spaarnestroom. Sold in 1961 to Sartes Corporation, Greece and renamed Erato Sartes. Sold in 1963 to A I Petras, Greece and renamed Antonios P. Scrapped in July 1969 at Piraeus, Greece.
Empire Defender Empire Defender was a 5,649 GRT cargo ship which was built by Joh. C. Tecklenborg AG, Wesermünde. Launched in 1910 as Freienfels Seized in by UK 1914 at Calcutta, India. To the Admiralty, then transferred in 1920 to the Secretary of State for India. Sold in 1925 to Rethymnis & Pnevmaticos, Greece, and renamed Hadiotis. Sold in 1928 to Achille Lauro & Co, Naples, Italy. and renamed Felce. Seized on 11 June 1940 at Haifa, Palestine. To MoWT and renamed Empire Defender. Ordered to sail from Glasgow to Malta laden with ammunition late in 1941. On 20 October 1941, 60 lascar sailors refused to sail, claiming that the vessel was cursed and would be sunk before the next new moon. The authorities were unable to persuade them to sail by either threats or inducements. An equivalent number of white sailors were procured with a payment of £10 in cash each to accept the lascar accommodation. The ship had been repainted with a black hull, white topsides, and a buff funnel, contrary to wartime regulations. All armament had been removed in an effort to make the ship appear as though she belonged to a neutral country. On sailing, she collided with two ships. She was in a convoy until off the Spanish coast, when she left and headed to Malta. The flag of whichever nation's waters she was in at the time was painted on her hull, thus she was passed off as a French, Spanish and Italian ship. On 14 November 1941, she was attacked by an enemy aircraft which dropped an aerial torpedo. Empire Defender was set on fire, her crew abandoned her and she blew up and sank south of the Galite Islands, Tunisia.
Empire Defiance Empire Defiance was a 4,667 GRT cargo ship which was built by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg. Launched in 1909 as Iserlohn. Sold in 1921 to the St Just Steamship Co Ltd and renamed Union City. Sold in 1924 to J A Zachariassen & Co, Finland and renamed Wasaborg. Sold in 1935 to Achille Lauro & Co, Naples, and renamed Erica. Seized on 10 June 1940 at Liverpool. To MoWT and renamed Empire Defiance. Sunk in June 1944 as a blockship as part of Goosebery 5 at Sword Beach, Ouistreham, Calvados. Salvaged in 1951, towed by tugs Seaman and Superman for scrapping. Beached on 21 August 1951 off the Mole, Zeebrugge due to a leak developing. Refloated and arrived on 15 September 1951 at Antwerp, Belgium for scrapping.
Empire Dell Empire Dell was a 7,065 GRT cargo ship which was built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow. Launched on 26 May 1941 and completed in August 1941. A CAM ship, she was torpedoed and sunk on 11 May 1942 by U-124 at while a member of Convoy ONS 92.
Empire Demon Empire Demon was a 268 GRT tug which was built by John Crown & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 31 December 1942 and completed in March 1943. To the Admiralty in 1943, Ministry of Transport in 1945, Admiralty in 1949. Chartered to United States Navy in 1962 for use in the River Clyde. Transferred in 1964 to , Derry and chartered by local Harbour Commissioners. Collided on 26 March 1965 with MV Norse Lion which she was towing. Declared a constructive total loss. Sold in January 1966 to Haulbowline Industries, Passage West, Ireland for scrapping. On 15 February 1966, while on way to breakers, she lost her tow, the dredger Dredger No. 2 off Wexford in heavy weather. Put into Dublin where crew deserted. Resold to a Dublin shipbreaker and scrapped in March 1966 in Dublin.
Empire Denis Empire Denis was a 275 GRT tug which was built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby. Launched on 26 September 1942 and completed in 1943. Sold in 1948 to Clyde Shipping Co Ltd and renamed Flying Meteor. Sold in 1962 to I C Guy Ltd, Cardiff and renamed Royal Rose. Sold in 1963 to R & J H Rea Ltd and renamed Yewgarth. On 14 September 1965 she was crushed between a lock wall and at Cardiff. Beached outside the dock entrance, refloated on 20 September 1965 but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in November 1965 at Newport, Monmouthshire.
Empire Deptford Empire Deptford was a 2,040 GRT collier which was built by Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, Grangemouth. Laid down as Empire Deptford and launched in 1946 as SNCF No 1 for Société Nationale D'Affrêtements, France. Sold in 1947 to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français and renamed Perrigny. Sold in 1958 to Société Navale Caennaise SA, Caen, then sold in 1962 to Hanseatishce Keiswerke GmbH, Germany and renamed Otto Pruss. Converted to a suction dredger and fitted with a new diesel engine. Sold in 1966 to Gesellschaft für Keisgewinnung und Keisvertrieb MbH and renamed Hanseat III. Operated under the management of O A Müller, Germany. Sold in 1974 to Bredo Baltic Gravels SA, Panama, still under the management of Müller. Scrapped in August 1975 in Hamburg.
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