SS Empire Explorer
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SS Empire Explorer
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Empire Explorer was a 5,985 GRT cargo ship that was built as the cargo liner Inanda in 1925 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for a British shipping line. She was hired by the Royal Navy in 1940 for use as an ocean boarding vessel but was sunk in an air raid London in September 1940. She was salvaged, rebuilt as a cargo ship, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Explorer. She served until 9 July 1942, when sh
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World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Empire_Explorer
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2024-03-20T16:45:05Z
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