• Empire Breeze was a 7,457 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1940 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Shortly after entering service she ran aground...
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  • renamed King James. In 1958, she was sold to Hong Kong and renamed Tyne Breeze. Further sales in 1963 and 1964 saw her renamed Cathay Trader and Pearl...
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  • and renamed Coolabah. She was sold to Hong Kong in 1956 and renamed Troon Breeze. A sale in 1964 to Panama saw her renamed Cachupin before she was sold back...
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     288 Plowman, Peter (18 August 2021). "Empire Windrush and the West Indian Migration to Britain". Sea Breezes. Retrieved 1 August 2024. Phillips & Phillips...
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  • with SS Theomitor at 57°58′N 20°38′W / 57.967°N 20.633°W / 57.967; -20.633. Taken in tow by a Royal Navy ship but sank on 22 November 1941. Empire Doreen...
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  • Yangtse Breeze. Sold in 1959 to the Chinese Government and renamed Hoping Wu Shi San. Renamed Ho Ping 53 c1979 and renamed Zhan Dou 53 c1985. Empire Mavis...
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    SS Czar was an ocean liner for the then Russian American Line before World War I. In 1920-1930, the ship was named Estonia for the Baltic American Line...
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  • Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government;...
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  • Druridge Bay on 16 March. Empire Breeze was anchored off Cresswell and later taken to Sunderland for repairs. Empire Breeze was torpedoed on 25 August...
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    MV Empire Bede SS Empire Bell SS Empire Bison SS Empire Blanda (*) SS Empire Bowman SS Empire Breeze SS Empire Brigade SS Empire Broadsword SS Empire Brutus...
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  • Books. p. 124. ISBN 9781793646019 – via Google Books. "National Affairs: S.S. NEVERMORE". Time. 22 September 1941. Archived from the original on September...
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    Gunnery and Bombing Range" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2024. "The S.S. Empire Breeze". The Lifeboat. War Years (1941). 1941. Retrieved 22 June 2024. "Remembering...
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    1945 at Kiel, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Conqueror. In 1946, she was allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed...
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  • Empire Blanda was a cargo ship that Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow built in 1919 as Nile. It was sold to a Yugoslavian company in 1930 and renamed Sokol in...
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    (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4. "Launched 1920: ss MAUDIE"...
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  • was built in 1922. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1941 and renamed Empire Arun. In 1947 she was sold and renamed Granlake. Further name changes were...
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  • SS Politician was a cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of the Hebridean island of Eriskay in 1941. Her cargo included 22,000 cases of scotch whisky...
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  • Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Engineer. She served until 4 February 1941 when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-123. The SS Empire Engineer was built in...
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  • was seized in May 1945 before launching and claimed as a war prize. Named Empire Frome, she was allocated to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). The ship...
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    before. Visibility was at its maximum, the sea was placid with a gentle breeze, and the day was bright and sunny. The vanguard cruisers of the German squadron...
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  • Empire Arnold was a 7,045-ton cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport. Launched in March and completed in May, she was torpedoed...
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  • 1958. SS Empire Nerissa, (Clyde-built), cargo ship for Ministry of War Transport, launched 23 December 1942, completed 23 February 1943. MV Empire Fay,...
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    (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4. "ss EMPIRE FALSTAFF". Clydesite...
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    Colosseum (category 80s establishments in the Roman Empire)
    arena, and sloped down towards the center to catch the wind and provide a breeze for the audience. Sailors, specially enlisted from the Roman naval headquarters...
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  • p. 15. Mitchell, W. H.; Sawyer, L. A. (1965). Empire Ships of World War II. Liverpool, UK: Sea Breezes. Mitchell & Sawyer (1990), pp. 134–137. Mitchell...
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  • Empire Cloud was a 5,969 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1940 by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT)...
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    Boatswain, SS Empire Trumper (J. & J. Harrison). William Jones, Boatswain, SS Empire Regent (T. & J. Brooklebank Ltd.). William Jones, Boatswain, SS Cambria...
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  • "Steamship nationalism: Transatlantic passenger liners as symbols of the German Empire." International Journal of Maritime History 28.2 (2016): 313–334. Wikimedia...
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    Onomea was acquired by the British Ministry of War Transport, renamed Empire Leopard and placed into convoy service on the North Atlantic, delivering...
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    defend West German police officials, who had investigated the initial fire as SS members. In doing so, Tobias disregarded any information from persons who...
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