FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | EMPIRE AMETHYST |
| Type | Tanker |
| Yard Number | 330 |
| Launched | 08/07/1941 |
| Completed | 09/1941 |
| Off. Number | 164848 |
| Engine builder | Richardson Westgarth, Hartlepool |
| Engine type | T. 3cyl. |
| GRT | 8032 |
| Length (feet) | 463.5 |
| Beam (feet) | 61.2 |
| First owner | Ministry of War Transport (Hadley Shipping Co.), Middlesbrough |
| History | |
| Fate | 13/04/1942 presumed torpedoed on this day by U.154 in about 17.40N 74.50W on passage New Orleans for Freetown with refined products (last spoke the previous day when 150 miles south of Haiti) |
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