| Name: | EMPIRE FARMER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/03/1943 |
| Completed: | 05/1943 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 3 |
| Dimensions: | 7049grt, 875nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 510nhp; (1950: Oil engine, 4SSA, 6 cyl) |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend; |
| (1950: Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169166 |
| History: | |
| 05/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Lyle Shipping Co Ltd), Newcastle |
| 1945 | French Government – Min de la Marine Marchande (Cie Générale |
| Transatlantique), Le Havre; renamed ADMINISTRATEUR EN CHEF THOMAS | |
| 1948 | Cie des Transports Océaniques, Le Havre |
| 1950 | Achille Lauro, Naples; renamed SANTAGATA |
| 23/12/1950 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | A standard ‘B’ type cargo ship |
| 1950: Re-engined with an engine built in 1940 | |
| 23/12/1950: Wrecked 3 miles NE of South Goodwin light vessel | |
| On a voyage from Casablanca to Leith with a cargo of phosphate |
Above photo as ADMINISTRATEUR EN CHEF THOMAS courtesy of Photoship