| Name: | MARTITA launched as EMPIRE GANTOCK |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/04/1946 |
| Completed: | 08/08/1946 |
| Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 13 |
| Dimensions: | 7331grt, 5171nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 35.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins), 656mn |
| Engines by: | George Clark (1938) Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 180917 |
| History: | |
| 25/07/1946 | Ministry of Transport (Kaye, Son & Co Ltd), London |
| 1946 | "K" Steamship Co Ltd, London |
| 1960 | Almadin Cia Naviera SA (BE Mavroleon), Panama; renamed MAROUDIO |
| 1965 | Pan African Atlantic Corporation (Oceanic International SS Co, Genoa), Panama |
| 1965 | Renamed THALIE |
| 1966 | East & West Africa Shipping Co (Africa Lines Agencies Inc, Genoa), Panama |
| 15/06/1968 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A standard wartime ‘D’ type cargo ship |
| 16/06/1946: Launched as EMPIRE GANTOCK | |
| 15/06/1968: Arrived at Vado Ligure for breaking up by Vado Alti Forni e Acciaierie SpA |
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Above photo as MARTITA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as MAROUDIO is copyright of Alex Duncan