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SS Empire Peacemaker

World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom

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section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	HMS Empire Peacemaker FL9351.jpg
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
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name	SS Empire Peacemaker
owner	*Ministry of War Transport (1945)
ordered	23 January 1943
builder	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley
yard_number	665
launched	8 September 1944, as Scarborough Castle
completed	January 1945, as Empire Peacemaker
in_service	February 1945
out_of_service	1954
identification	* Official number: 169428
fate	Sold for scrapping, July 1955
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
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class	, converted to convoy rescue ship
tonnage
length	252 ft
beam	36 ft
draught	13 ft
propulsion	2889 ihp triple expansion steam engine, 2 shafts
speed	16.5 kn

Royal Army Service Corps (1945-1954)
Call sign: GJBT

'*SS *Empire Peacemaker''''' was a British convoy rescue ship 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, 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 for service as a troop transport. In October 1945 she sailed from the Clyde to Arkhangelsk to repatriate a Royal Navy Shore Party. In January 1946 she made three voyages between Southampton and St. Helier, Jersey, carrying returning service personnel.

In 1952 Empire Peacemaker, Empire Shelter and Empire Lifeguard provided a shuttle ferry service for Army personnel between Port Said, Egypt, and Famagusta, Cyprus, as well as making occasional troop movement voyages to Libya and Malta.

Empire Peacemaker was finally laid up at Falmouth, Cornwall, in 1954. In July 1955 she was sold to a Belgian shipbreaker and was towed to Antwerp, 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)

References

(2012). "Convoy Rescue Ships Service". historicalrfa.org.
(2011). "Empire P". mariners-l.co.uk.
Hague, Arnold. (2009). "Ports Database: Ship Movements". convoyweb.org.uk.
Wright, Geoff. (2008). "Post War Shipping". avoncliffe.com.
Cornfoot, John. (2010). "Movement Control Port Said (1952-1955)". movcon.org.uk.

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