List of Empire ships (F)

[1] They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government; others obtained from the United States; still others were captured or seized from enemy powers.

Laid up in October 1972 due to mechanical damage and scrapped in 1977 at Île aux Coudres, Quebec.

Operated under the management of Craggs & Jenkin Ltd. Sold in 1962 to Dendrinos & Varouchas, Greece and renamed Agios Nektarios.

[5] Empire Fairbairn was a 7,073 GRT cargo ship which was built by Barclay, Curle & Company, Glasgow.

Sold in 1967 to Liminship Compagnia Navigazione, Greece and renamed Lukia M. Sprang a leak on 10 February 1969 in the Yellow Sea, 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Barren Island (29°29′N 124°16′E / 29.483°N 124.267°E / 29.483; 124.267).

Denis Desgagnés, owners in Saint Joseph de la Rive, Québec, Canada), and renamed Champlain.

[6] Empire Fal was a 4,880 GRT cargo ship which was built by Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Ltd, West Hartlepool.

Scuttled on 2 July 1945 northwest of Scotland with a cargo of Italian gas bombs deemed too dangerous to discharge.

[10] Empire Falcon was a 5,144 GRT (7,500 DWT cargo ship which was built by American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Launched on 5 August 1918 by Mrs Woodrow Wilson as Quistconck for the United States Shipping Board (USSB).

Collided on 26 May 1959 with SS Royalton in Lake Huron and sank 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of Thunder Bay Island, USA.

[16] Empire Farmer was a 7,050 GRT cargo ship which was built by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Collided with MV Arctic Ocean on 16 March 1961 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west-northwest of the Varne Lightvessel, English Channel and sank.

Beached during a gale on 1 January 1991 at Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (43°24′N 24°03′W / 43.400°N 24.050°W / 43.400; -24.050) while en route to Texas.

[2] Empire Favour was a 7,050 GRT cargo ship which was built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd, Dundee.

[5] Empire Fawley was a 7,392 GRT cargo ship which was built by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields.

[31] Empire Flag was a 7,050 GRT cargo ship which was built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth & Co. (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne.

[33] Empire Flamingo was a 4,994 GRT cargo ship which was built by American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island.

Bow section salvaged in 1948, taken in tow to Newport, Monmouthshire for scrapping, but sank on 26 October 1948 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of the Longships Lighthouse.

[13] Empire Foam was a 7,047 GRT cargo ship which was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend.

[43] Empire Forest was a 7,025 GRT cargo ship which was built by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields.

[44] Empire Forth is a 2,471 GRT cargo ship which was built by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen.

[45] Empire Fortune was a 6,140 GRT cargo ship which was built by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields.

[44] Empire Fowey was a 19,047 GRT turbo-electric ocean liner that was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg.

Arrived on 19 June 1945 at Kiel and placed under armed guard with a Royal Navy contingent to prevent the Germans from using her to block the Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal.

Served as a troopship[47] until 1960 also carrying servicemen's families to the naval dockyard on Singapore in the early 1950s and then chartered to the Pan-Islamic Steamship Co., Pakistan.

[48] Empire Franklin was a 7,292 GRT cargo ship which was built by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields.

Operated under the management of A. Weir Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd. Sold in 1957 to Compagnia Navigazione Nuevo Mundo SA, Panama and renamed Irinicos.

Arrived on 21 June at Falmouth still on fire she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in December 1959 at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands.

[55] Empire Fulmar was a 7,775 GRT cargo ship which was built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, Kearny, New Jersey.