| Name: | EMPIRE RUSKIN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/07/1942 |
| Completed: | 09/1942 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 529 |
| Dimensions: | 7037grt, 4884nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 510nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169047 |
| History: | |
| 03/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Thompson Steam Shipping Co Ltd, managers), South Shields |
| 1943 | Government of The Netherlands, Amsterdam; renamed VAN DER CAPELLE |
| 1947 | NV tot Voortzetting van den Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam |
| 1947 | Renamed DELFLAND |
| 1961 | Cerrahogullari Umumi Nakliyat Vapurculuk ve Ticaret AS, Istanbul |
| 1961 | Renamed M ESREF |
| 13/10/1968 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 13/10/1968: Broken up at Istanbul |
Above photo as EMPIRE RUSKIN is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries
Above photo as DELFLAND is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as DELFLAND is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as DELFLAND is courtesy of Photoship