SS Empire Morn
| History | |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Yard number | 769 |
| Launched | 1 July 1941 |
| Completed | September 1941 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | CAM ship |
| Tonnage | 7,092 GRT |
| Length | 433 ft (131.98 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 3 in (17.15 m) |
| Draught | 34 ft 4 in (10.46 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
SS Empire Morn was a 7,092-ton CAM ship that was built in 1941. She saw service on a number of trade routes during the Second World War, making several crossings of the North Atlantic as well as voyages to Russia and Africa. She was badly damaged after hitting a mine in 1943, and spent the rest of the war laid up as a hulk. She was subsequently sold and repaired, returning to service for several companies after the war, under the names San Antonio and Rio Pas before being sold for scrapping in 1973.
Empire Morn is known for the death of the second youngest person in the British services to die in the war, 14-year-old galley boy Raymond Steed. She is also the only CAM ship whose fighter pilot died in action after his aircraft was launched from the ship.