FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | EMPIRE OIL |
| Type | Tanker |
| Yard Number | 327 |
| Launched | 11/02/1941 |
| Completed | 05/1941 |
| Off. Number | 164845 |
| Engine builder | Richardson Westgarth, Hartlepool |
| Engine type | T. 3cyl. |
| GRT | 8030 |
| Length (feet) | 463.5 |
| Beam (feet) | 61.2 |
| First owner | Ministry of War Transport (Anglo-American Oil Co.), Middlesbrough |
| History | |
| Fate | 10/09/1942 torpedoed and sunk by U.584 and U.659 in 51.23N 28.13W on passage Swansea for New York in ballast. |
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