Empire Baxter was a 7,024 GRT cargo ship which was built by Vickers Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness in 1941.

Postwar she served as Paris City, Westford, Severn River and Hüseyin Kaptan before she was scrapped at Haliç, Turkey in June 1963.

[1] She was built for the Ministry of War Transport and placed under the management of Haldin & Phillips Ltd.[2] Her port of registry was Barrow in Furness.

The convoy encountered a severe gale off Sable Island with Empire Baxter losing two lifeboats and two others being badly damaged.

[9] Her port of registry was changed to Bideford[3] She was sold in 1954 to Duff Herbert & Mitchell Ltd and renamed Westford.