| Name: | EMPIRE LAKELAND |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/09/1942 |
| Completed: | 11/1942 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 530 |
| Dimensions: | 7015grt, 4757nrt, 430.9 x 56.2 x 35.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 577nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169048 |
| History: | |
| 20/11/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Blue Star Line Ltd, managers), South Shields |
| 11/03/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/03/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U190, 280 miles W of Isle of Lewis |
| On a voyage from New York to Glasgow carrying general cargo | |
| All the crew of 64 people died |
Above photo as EMPIRE LAKELAND is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries