| Name: | EMPIRE CLAYMORE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/11/1942 |
| Completed: | 01/1943 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 2 |
| Dimensions: | 7048grt, 5028nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 510nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165852 |
| History: | |
| 01/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Lyle Shipping Co Ltd), Newcastle |
| 1943 | Belgian Government (Agence Maritime International SA), Antwerp |
| 1943 | Renamed BELGIAN CREW |
| 1946 | Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp; renamed CAPITAINE PARET |
| 1960 | Mullion & Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed ARDENODE |
| 1966 | Tynlee Navigation (Panama) Ltd (Shun On Shipping Corp, Hong Kong) |
| 1966 | Renamed TYNLEE |
| 10/1969 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A standard ‘B’ type cargo ship |
| 23/07/1969: Already arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
| 10/1969: Broken up by Chin Ho Fa Steel & Iron Co |
Above photo as CAPITAINE PARET courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ARDENODE copyright of Albert Weller