SS ''Empire Peacemaker'' was a British

convoy rescue ship During the Second World War, designated convoy rescue ships accompanied some Battle of the Atlantic (1940), Atlantic convoys to rescue survivors from ships that had been attacked. Rescue ships were typically small freighters with passenger accomm ...

that served at the end of World War II, originally laid down as the corvette . Post-war she served as an Army transport ship before being scrapped in 1955.

Ship history

The ship was ordered from Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. of Paisley on 23 January 1943 as a . She was launched on 8 September 1944 as ''Scarborough Castle'' (K536), but further work was then cancelled, and she was eventually completed as a convoy rescue ship in January 1945. Under the ownership of the

Ministry of War Transport The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources. It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transpor ...

, and managed by the Ellerman City Line, she sailed on eight convoys between early February and the end of the war in Europe in May 1945. During that time she rescued three survivors from an aircraft which had overrun the flight deck of the MAC ship . Post-war she was transferred to the Transport Branch of the

Royal Army Service Corps The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and do ...

for service as a troop transport. In October 1945 she sailed from the Clyde to

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to repatriate a Royal Navy Shore Party. In January 1946 she made three voyages between

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and

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, Jersey, carrying returning service personnel. In 1952 ''Empire Peacemaker'', ''

Empire Shelter SS ''Empire Shelter'' was a convoy rescue ship built for the Royal Navy during World War II, originally laid down as the HMS ''Barnard Castle'' ( pennant number K594). Completed a month before the end of the war in May 1945, she made a few s ...

'' and '' Empire Lifeguard'' provided a shuttle ferry service for Army personnel between

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, Egypt, and

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, Cyprus, as well as making occasional troop movement voyages to Libya and Malta. ''Empire Peacemaker'' was finally laid up at

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, in 1954. In July 1955 she was sold to a Belgian shipbreaker and was towed to

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, and was broken up by Jos de Smedt in Burght in December.

Convoys

''Empire Peacemaker'' sailed on the following convoys: * OS/KMS-110KM — River Clyde to Gibraltar (February 1945) * MKS-82G — Gibraltar to Liverpool (February 1945) * OS/KMS-114KM — Southend to Gibraltar (March 1945) * MKS-86G — Gibraltar to Liverpool (March 1945) * OS/KMS-118KM — Clyde to Gibraltar (March 1945) * MKS-90G — Gibraltar to Liverpool (March 1945) * ON 296 — Liverpool to New York City (April 1945) * HX 354 — New York City to Liverpool (May 1945)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Empire Peacemaker 1944 ships Ships built on the River Clyde Castle-class corvettes Empire ships

Ship history

Convoys

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