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Name: EMPIRE PATH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/07/1943
Completed: 09/1943
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 535
Dimensions: 6140grt, 4087nrt, 405.8 x 53.5 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 508nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169052
History:
09/1943 Ministry of War Transport (Moller Line (UK) Ltd, managers), South Shields
24/12/1944 Sank
Comments: 24/12/1944: Mined and sank 10 miles west of Oostende
On a voyage from Antwerp to The Downs in ballast
3 crew killed


Above photo as EMPIRE PATH, dated 01/09/1943, is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries