page_title: List of Empire ships (M)
section_title: Empire Mercia
hierarchical_section_title: List of Empire ships (M) / Suffix beginning with M / Empire Mercia
caption_attribution_description: English: MV Empire Star, a 11,861 GRT British refrigerated cargo liner built in 1946 and scrapped in 1971
context_page_description: Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government; others obtained from the United States; still others were captured or seized from enemy powers. Empire ships were mostly used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport, which owned the ships but contracted out their management to various shipping lines; however, some ships requisitioned during the Suez Crisis were also named as Empire ships. Most Empire ships have since been lost or scrapped; however a few still remain in active service or preserved.
context_section_description: Empire Mercia was an 11,085 GRT refrigerated cargo ship which was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. Launched on 4 March 1946 as Empire Mercia and completed in December 1946 as Empire Star for Blue Star Line. Sold in 1950 to Lamport & Holt Line Ltd. Arrived on 16 October 1971 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping.
caption: Empire Star
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