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KEY: D / H / P - D means basic dimensions are shown; H means a history is given; P means one or more photographs included.
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Ships built in the year 1943
Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P Empire John (TT) 1943 Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay D / H Empire Sandy (TT) 1943 Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay D / H / P Naticina 1943 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Quail 1943 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Rippingham Grange 1943 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Saumarez 1943 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Savage 1943 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P M O W T No 1 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 11 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 12 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 13 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 14 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 2 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 3 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 4 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D / H / P M O W T No 5 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D M O W T No 6 1943 Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd D Empire Capulet 1943 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Empire Fortune 1943 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Empire Path 1943 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Empire Perdita 1943 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Empire Pickwick 1943 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Kelmscott 1943 J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields D / H / P Empire Claymore 1943 Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Low Walker D / H / P Empire Farmer 1943 Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Low Walker D / H / P Empire Flag 1943 Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Low Walker D / H / P Empire Stronghold 1943 Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Low Walker D / H / P British Respect 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H / P Empire MacCabe 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H / P Empire Portia 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H Portchester Castle 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard D / H / P City of Bristol 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Empire Macmahon 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Grenville 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Nacella 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Port Vindex 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Tuscan 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Tyrian 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Ulster 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Vigilant 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Vindex 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Virago 1943 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend D / H / P Abercrombie 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Athabaskan 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Haida 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Huron 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Leviathan 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker Transferred Uganda 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Universal 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Unswerving 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Untamed 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Untiring 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Usurper 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Uther 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P Varangian 1943 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker D / H / P ----------------------------- ----- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------