Dmitry Donskoy was a 5,061-ton German cargo ship which was built in 1943 as Eberhart Essberger.

[2] She operated under the management of F C Strick & Co Ltd.[4] In 1946, 'Empire Ayr' brought the first consignment of 4,000 long tons (4,100 t) of dates to reach Liverpool that year.

[5] Later that year, she was allocated to the Soviet Union and renamed Dimtry Donskoy (Дмитрий Донской).

[2] She was operated by the Baltic Shipping Co, Leningrad, and served until she was scrapped in the fourth quarter of 1974.

Empire Ayr had the UK Official Number 180681 and used the Code Letters GNPS[4]