| Name: | EMPIRE DACE |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Launched: | 11/08/1942 |
| Completed: | 10/1942 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1754 |
| Dimensions: | 716grt, 268nrt, 179.5 x 40.2 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 19 & 31 x 21ins), 132nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Reg Number: | 165842 |
| History: | |
| 29/09/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Townsend Bros Ferries Ltd), Newcastle |
| 01/12/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | Designed with ramps at both ends & fitted with a 25ton derrick |
| 01/12/1944: Sunk by a mine in the entrance to Missolonghi Channel | |
| when inward from Patras carrying troops, gasoline and lorries |
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