''Empire Clough'' was a

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which was built in 1942 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd of

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for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was torpedoed and sunk on her maiden voyage.

Description

The ship was built as yard number 527. She was launched on 2 April 1942 and completed in June 1942. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She had a GRT of 6,147 and a NRT of 4,251. The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Foster, Yates & Thompson Ltd, Blackburn.

History

''Empire Clough'' was built for the Ministry of War Transport and placed under the management of the Larringa Steamship Co Ltd. Her port of registry was South Shields and she was allocated the

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BDVX and United Kingdom

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168655. On her maiden voyage, ''Empire Clough'' was a member of Convoy ON 100, which departed from Loch Ewe on 2 June 1942 bound for Boston and

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. At 03:40 on 10 June 1942, ''Empire Clough'' was torpedoed by with the loss of five crew. The ship was abandoned, with the 44 survivors being rescued by and the Portuguese trawler ''Argus''. They were landed at St John's,

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and in Greenland respectively. ''Empire Clough'' sank at . Those lost on ''Empire Clough'' are commemorated at the

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in London.

References

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