Empire Clough 1942

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	EMPIRE CLOUGH
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	02/04/1942
Completed:	05/1942
Builder:	J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard:	South Shields
Yard Number:	527
Dimensions:	6147grt, 4251nrt, 421.3 x 53.5 x 32.8ft
Engines:	T3cyl (23.5, 37.5 & 68 x 48ins), 508mn
Engines by:	Foster, Yates & Thompson Ltd, Blackburn
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	168655

History:
05/1942	Ministry of War Transport (Larringa Steamship Co Ltd, managers), South Shields
10/06/1942	Sank

Comments:	10/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94 at position 51.50N - 35.00W
	She was on her maiden voyage & a member of Convoy ONS 100, which departed from Loch Ewe on 02/06/1942 bound for Boston and New York.
	5 members of the crew died