Empire Clough was a 6,147 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd of South Shields for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

[4] Empire Clough was built for the Ministry of War Transport and placed under the management of the Larringa Steamship Co Ltd.

Her port of registry was South Shields and she was allocated the Code Letters BDVX and United Kingdom Official Number 168655.

[4] On her maiden voyage, Empire Clough was a member of Convoy ON 100, which departed from Loch Ewe on 2 June 1942 bound for Boston and New York.

The ship was abandoned, with the 44 survivors being rescued by HMS Dianthus and the Portuguese trawler Argus.