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''Empire Amethyst'' was an 8,032 ton tanker which was built in 1941. She was torpedoed and sunk by on 13 April 1942. ==History== ''Empire Amethyst'' was built by the Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTUERS )〕 as yard number 330. She was launched on 8 July 1941 and completed in December 1941. ''Empire Amethyst'' was built for the Ministry of War Transport and operated under the management of the Hadley Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough. ''Empire Amethyst'' was homeported in Middlesbrough.〔 ''Empire Amethyst'' was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War. ;ON 17 Convoy ON 17 sailed from Liverpool on 17 September 1941 and Loch Ewe on 19 September. The convoy dispersed on 29 September.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CONVOY ON 17 )〕 On 23 January 1942, ''Empire Amethyst'' picked up five survivors from the Norwegian SS ''Innerøy'', which had been torpedoed and sunk by ''U-553''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=U-553 )〕 The survivors were taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SS Empire Amethyst - Yard No 330 )〕 ;HX 173 Convoy HX 173 sailed from Halifax for Liverpool on 1 February 1942, arriving on 14 February.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CONVOY HX 173 )〕 ;OS 21 Convoy OS 21 sailed from Liverpool on 4 March 1942 and arrived at Freetown, Sierra Leone on 24 March. ''Empire Amethyst'' was in ballast, having discharged her cargo at Milford Haven.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CONVOY OS.21 )〕 She had to call at Belfast to allow a crew member to be discharged through illness and a replacement to be taken on board. On reaching Freetown, ''Empire Amethyst'' sailed for New Orleans.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Empire Amethyst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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