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SS Empire Arthur
SS ''Empire Arthur'' was a 784 ton coastal tanker which was built in 1942. She saw service mainly in British coastal waters during the Second World War, and was briefly used as an auxiliary, supporting Royal Navy operations off Africa. Her capsize in 1943 put an end to this, but she was salvaged postwar and returned to service for several companies, under the names ''Merula'', and then ''Adherity'', before being scrapped in 1962.
==Wartime career==
''Empire Arthur'' was built by Grangemouth Dockyard, Grangemouth as yard number 439. She was launched on 5 March 1942 and completed in June 1942.〔 ''Empire Arthur'' was built for the Ministry of War Transport and managed by Rowbotham & Sons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS AND MOTOR SHIPS )〕
She was requisitioned to serve as a water carrier in October 1942, and used as an auxiliary to supply naval ships and merchants. She served in a number of convoys during the war, spent mostly sailing between British ports, particularly Methil, Oban and Southend, and several times visiting Loch Ewe, an assembly point for merchants and naval escorts assigned to the Arctic convoys.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ship search ) (Enter search term 'Empire Arthur')〕 She sailed in ballast from Liverpool on 11 July 1942 as part of convoy OS 34, and arrived at Freetown on 30 July 1942.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ship search )〕 She remained stationed at Freetown until capsizing there on 22 November 1943.〔 At least men were killed in the sinking, Master Fraser Ernest Smith and Chief Engineering Officer Andrew M. Booth, whose name was inscribed on the City of Dundee's Roll of Honour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City of Dundee ROLL Of HONOUR - Andrew M. Booth )〕 The stricken ''Empire Arthur'' was assessed, but declared a total loss.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EMPIRE - A )〕
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