List of Empire ships (Co–Cy)

Seized in May 1945 as a war prize in an incomplete state at Stettin, completed at Lübeck as Empire Colne for MoWT.

[6] Empire Comfort was a 1,333 GRT convoy rescue ship which was built by Ferguson Bros Ltd, Port Glasgow.

To MoWT, intended to be renamed Empire Concourse but ran aground on 15 July 1945 at Grassholm, Bristol Channel and wrecked.

[10] Empire Condee was a 215 GRT coaster which was built by Van Diepen Scheepswerf Gebroeders NV, Waterhuizen, Netherlands.

[10] Empire Condor was a 7,773 cargo ship which was built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey.

Ran aground on 10 June 1951 near Bhaktal Fort Lighthouse, India, and broke into three sections, a total loss.

Captured north of Antofagasta on 15 December 1939 by HMS Despatch while bound from Valparaíso, Chile to Montevideo, Uruguay.

Sold in 1963 to Robin & Co, Panama, then resold to Kie Hock Shipping Co, Singapore, and renamed Selat Singkep.

Grounded on 28 July 1959 off Lowestoft, refloated but capsized and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) northwest of Inner Dowsing Light Vessel.

[23] Empire Consent was a 1,942 GRT cargo ship which was built by Van der Giessen, Krimpen aan den IJssel.

[24] Empire Content was a 1,453 GRT cargo ship which was built by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen.

Allocated to the US after the First World War, to Standard Oil Co. Sailed from London on 22 December 1920 bound for New York but suffered engine trouble on the voyage.

Cargo shifted on 18 October 1965 when ship was 130 nautical miles (240 km) off Cape Fear, North Carolina.

Sailed from Buenos Aires on 8 September 1939 in attempt to return to Germany but captured on 21 October 1939 by HMS Sheffield south east of Iceland.

Ran aground on 27 September 1957 at the mouth of the Ncera River, 23 nautical miles (43 km) south of East London while on a voyage from Durban to Port Elizabeth.

Operated under the management of Hunting & Son Ltd. On 1 September 1952 extensively damaged by explosions and subsequent fire during tank cleaning at Balik Papan, Borneo.

Ordered by the CGT as Aisne but launched in August 1918 as Western Maid for United States Shipping Board (USSB).

Sold in 1946 to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd. Intended to be renamed Balea but on 2 August 1946 exploded and caught fire while discharging aviation fuel in Haifa Roads.

[9] Admiralty discounted a theory that the explosion was caused by a depth charge dropped by a British destroyer to prevent Haganah divers from fixing limpet mines to ships.

Captain John Banks, in charge of Empire Cross at the time, was on her bridge and saw the activity on the two naval ships indicating personnel were aware of frogmen in the water around them, which was probably Haganah trying to attach limpet mines, and he noted the sound of depth charges being dropped into the harbour around the ships.

Captain Banks signalled to abandon ship when he saw the line go, and dived overboard, swimming under the flames until he lost consciousness but was rescued by Haganah members.

Empire Crossbill was a 5,463 GRT cargo ship which was built by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, San Pedro, California.

[34] Empire Crossbow was a 7,177 GRT cargo ship which was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles.

[42] Attacked on 8 August 1940 by German aircraft 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight.

[45] Empire Curlew was a 7,101 GRT Type C2-S cargo ship which was built by Bethlehem Steel Co, Sparrows Point, Maryland.

Completed 16 April 1941 as Robin Doncaster for U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) delivered to U.S. War Shipping Administration.

[46][47] Empire Curlew was a 4,820 GRT Landing Ship, Tank (LST) which was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow.

[48] Empire Curzon was a 7,067 GRT cargo ship which was built by John Readhead & Son Ltd, South Shields.

Ran aground on 2 September 1944 on Normandy coast in bad weather, driven onto the wreck of SS Iddesleigh.

[41] Empire Cutlass was a 7,177 GRT Type C1-S-AY1 infantry landing ship which was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California.