FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | EMPIRE GOLD |
| Type | Tanker |
| Yard Number | 325 |
| Launched | 04/10/1940 |
| Completed | 02/1941 |
| Off. Number | 164843 |
| Engine builder | Richardson Westgarth, Hartlepool |
| Engine type | T. 3cyl. |
| GRT | 8028 |
| Length (feet) | 463.5 |
| Beam (feet) | 61.2 |
| First owner | Ministry of War Transport (Common Brothers), Middlesbrough |
| History | |
| Fate | 18/04/1945 torpedoed and sunk by U.1107 in 47.47N 06.26W on passage from Philadelphia and New York for Antwerp with white spirit. |
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