| Name: | EMPIRE STRONGHOLD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/09/1943 |
| Completed: | 12/1943 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 5 |
| Dimensions: | 10300dwt, 7064grt, 4763nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 542nhp |
| Engines by: | Duncan Stewart & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169175 |
| History: | |
| 29/10/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Donaldson Bros & Black, managers); registered at Newcastle |
| 1944 | Allan, Black & Co, managers |
| 1945 | Government of France, Marseilles; renamed CAMILLE PORCHE |
| 1948 | Soc Navale Delmas-Vieljeux, Marseilles; renamed COLONEL VIELJEUX |
| 1954 | International Nav Corp of Monrovia, Monrovia; renamed INDIAN RIVER |
| 1960 | Vita Shipping Corp, Monrovia; renamed ATTICOS |
| 1961 | The Supreme Shipping Co Inc, Panama City; renamed VALOR |
| 28/03/1963 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | A standard B Type emergency ship |
| 28/03/1963: Wrecked south of Sokcho, South Korea | |
| Subsequently declared a constructive total loss |
Above photo as COLONEL VIELJEUX is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net
Above photo as INDIAN RIVER is courtesy of Richard Cox