FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | EMPIRE CELT |
| Type | Tanker |
| Yard Number | 335 |
| Launched | 07/10/1941 |
| Completed | 12/1941 |
| Off. Number | 164851 |
| 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 (Jas. German & Co.), Middlesbrough |
| History | |
| Fate | 24/04/1942 torpedoed by U.158 in 43.50N 43.38W on passage Greenock for New York in ballast, abandoned on 26/04/1942, broke in two, forepart sunk by gunfire and after part last seen on 04/03/1942 in 46.45N 51.28W. |
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