Empire Baffin was a 6,978 ton cargo ship which was built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow in 1941 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was commissioned...
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Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second-largest island in the Americas...
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named as Empire ships. Most Empire ships have since been lost or scrapped; however, a few still remain in active service or preserved. Empire Baffin was a...
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MV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship during the Second World War. She was built at Lithgows shipyard...
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Empire Addison Empire Austen Empire Baffin Empire Balfour Empire Beatrice Empire Buckler Empire Comet Empire Conrad Empire Cyprus Empire Dell Empire Dew...
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MV Empire MacCallum was a grain ship converted to a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship. MV Empire MacCallum was built at Lithgows shipyard, Glasgow...
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converted Liberty ships HMS Sancroft and HMS Latimer (later renamed Empire Baffin and Empire Ridley respectively) with a displacement of 12,220 long tons (12...
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2, Harpalion, Hartlebury, Queen City, Orient City, Temple Arch and Empire Baffin departed from Liverpool on 10 October 1941 and assembled at Scapa Flow...
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Levene's father was a sergeant in the army and was on board the SS Empire Baffin; upon his return he was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal by King...
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ships returned to the convoy after no more survivors could be seen. Empire Baffin and City of Joliet were shaken by near misses, Joliet being abandoned...
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