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List of Empire ships (H)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ22293737 ↗
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Suffix beginning with H

Empire Haig

Empire Haig was a 9,912 GRT cargo liner, built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow. Launched on 6 October 1944 and completed in December 1944. Sailed Greenock to Bombay 28 January 1945 for Ellerman City, Hall line. Returned Madras to Liverpool for Elder Dempster, arrived 3 May 1945. Sold in 1946 to Lamport & Holt Ltd and renamed Dryden. Sold in 1952 to Blue Star Line and renamed Freemantle Star. Renamed Catalina Star in 1957. Chartered in 1963 by Lamport & Holt Ltd and renamed Devis. Sold in 1969 to Bry Overseas Navigation Inc, Panama and renamed Mondia. Arrived on 23 December 1969 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “List of Empire ships (H)” is wikimedia list. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through List, Empire and ships, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 1945, 1946, 1952—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, List, Empire and ships is the immediate research focus.
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