| Name: | EMPIRE CURZON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/12/1943 |
| Completed: | 02/1944 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 538 |
| Dimensions: | 7047grt, 4741nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 542mn |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169055 |
| History: | |
| 22/02/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (R Chapman & Sons Ltd, managers), South Shields |
| 16/12/1945 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 02/09/1944: Ran aground off the Normandy beaches in bad weather |
| Was then driven onto the wreck of IDDESLEIGH | |
| 25/09/1944: Arrived at Southampton under tow after being refloated | |
| It was then found that her bottom was extensively damaged | |
| 27/10/1944: Laid up at Falmouth awaiting a decision on her fate | |
| 16/12/1945: Broken up at Briton Ferry by TW Ward Ltd |
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