Empire Bardolph was a 7,017 GRT refrigerated cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

Empire Bardolph was built by Short Brothers Ltd, Sunderland as yard number 474.

Empire Bardolph was built for the MoWT[1] and initially operated under the management of Donaldson Brothers & Black Ltd.[2] Management passed to Lamport and Holt Line Ltd in 1944 Empire Bardolph had 259,960 cubic feet (7,361 m3) of refrigerated cargo space in her holds.

Convoy SL 162 departed Freetown, Sierra Leone on 20 July 1944 and arrived at Liverpool on 10 August.

[5] In 1946, Empire Bardolph was sold to Lamport and Holt Line Ltd and renamed Memling.