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List of Empire ships (Ca–Cl)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ6569959 ↗
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Lists of ships include:

Suffix beginning Ca to Cl

Empire Cabot

Empire Cabot was a 6,722 GRT cargo ship which was built by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool. Launched on 9 July 1941 and completed in September 1941. Sold in 1945 to Pool Shipping Co Ltd and renamed Clearpool. Operated under the management of Sir R Ropner & Co Ltd. Sold in 1955 to Cardigan Shipping Co Ltd and renamed Grelmarion. Operated under the management of T Walter Gould & Co Ltd, Cardiff. Sold in 1959 to Bowring & Curry Ltd, and renamed Rachel. Operated under the management of R M Sloman Jr, Germany. Arrived at Hong Kong for scrapping on 8 November 1959.

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

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1941, 1945, 1955, 1959—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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