| Name: | EMPIRE FRANKLIN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/04/1941 |
| Completed: | 06/1941 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 522 |
| Dimensions: | 7292grt, 5111nrt, 432.4 x 56.7 x 34.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 71 x 48ins), 435nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 168649 |
| History: | |
| 19/06/1941 | Ministry of War Transport (Hall Brothers Steamship Co Ltd, managers), South Shields |
| 1945 | Bank Line Ltd, Glasgow; renamed HAZELBANK |
| 1957 | Cia Naviera Nuevo Mundo SA, Panama City; renamed IRINICOS |
| 1960 | Paleocrassas Bros & Partners, Piraeus |
| 1963 | Salinas Cia Naviera SA, Panama City; renamed IRIS II |
| 15/02/1967 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Soon after completion converted to a CAM (Catapult Aircraft Merchantman) ship |
| Equiped with a Hawker Hurricane fighter that could be launched but not recovered | |
| Used to shoot down German aircraft that were shadowing convoys & homing in U-Boats | |
| 15/02/67: Broken up at Hong Kong by Ming Hing & Co |
EMPIRE FRANKLIN after CAM conversion. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Photo as HAZELBANK is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Photo as IRINICOS is courtesy of Stuart Smith