| Name: | EMPIRE PROSPECT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/03/1945 |
| Completed: | 06/1945 |
| Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 11 |
| Dimensions: | 7331grt, 4207nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 35.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins), 510mn |
| Engines by: | Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd, Montreal |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5 knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169195 |
| History: | |
| 28/06/1945 | Ministry of War Transport (Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co), Newcastle |
| 1947 | Panmarine Shipping Co Ltd (Goulandris Bros Ltd), London |
| 1947 | Renamed RONALD M SCOBIE |
| 1954 | Bahia Salinas Cia Naviera SA, Monrovia; renamed PLOVER |
| 1964 | Registered at Andros |
| 1965 | Kowloon Carriers Inc (Wah Kwong & Co(HK) Ltd), Monrovia |
| 1965 | Renamed KOWLOON VENTURE |
| 20/05/1969 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A standard ‘B’ type cargo ship |
| Supplied with an engine that was manufactured in 1942 and was then | |
| remade by North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd at Wallsend | |
| 27/04/1969: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
| 20/05/1969: Broken up by Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp |
Above photo as RONALD M SCOBIE is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost Collection
Above photo as RONALD M SCOBIE is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost Collection
Above photo as PLOVER is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as KOWLOON VENTURE is copyright of Chris Finney