| Name: | EMPIRE SLOANE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 17/01/1946 |
| Completed: | 04/1946 |
| Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 18 |
| Dimensions: | 377grt, 167nrt, 140.0 x 26.0 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil Engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (10 x 16ins) |
| Engines by: | British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169209 |
| History: | |
| 04/1946 | Ministry of Transport, Newcastle |
| 1948 | London Missionary Society; renamed JOHN WILLIAMS VI |
| 1963 | Burns Philp & Co Ltd, Sydney; renamed MANUTAI |
| 1975 | Rabi Holdings Ltd, Suva |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | 1948: Converted by JS Doig, Grimsby into a missionary ship for educational, |
| social and Christian work in the islands of the SW Pacific. Named after a missionary John Williams who was murdered at Erromanga in the New Hebrides in 1839. | |
| 1963: Converted for cargo and passenger work only | |
| 1993: Deleted from Lloyd’s Register as ‘existence in doubt’ |
Above photo as JOHN WILLIAMS VI copyright of John Craike
Above photo as JOHN WILLIAMS VI copyright of State Library of Victoria