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Empire Heathland was a 683 GRT hopper ship which was built by Fleming & Ferguson Ltd, Paisley. Launched on 2 April 1945 and completed in May 1945. To the Superintendent Civil Engineer, Bombay in 1945. Sold in 1947 to Mersey Docks & Harbour Board and renamed Mersey No 4. Sold in 1964 to Westminster Dredging Co Ltd, London, and renamed WD Beta.
Empire Grassland was a 683 GRT hopper ship which was built by Fleming & Ferguson Ltd, Paisley. Launched on 16 May 1945 and completed in June 1945. To the Superintendent Civil Engineer, Bombay, then sold in 1946 to Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners, Melbourne, Australia.
Empire Clydesdale was a 1,747 GRT suction hopper dredger which was built by Lobnitz & Co Ltd, Renfrew. Laid down as Mazatlan for the Mexican Government. Requisitioned by MoWT while under construction and launched on 30 October 1944 as Empire Clydesdale. Sold in 1946 to Secretario de Marina, Mexican Government and renamed Tuxpam. Reported to ...
Empire Dockland was a 683 GRT dredger hopper ship which was built by William Simons & Co Ltd, Renfrew. Launched on 24 June 1944 and completed later that year. To the Admiralty in 1944 and renamed W 101. Renamed W 31 in 1947, ownership passing to the Ministry of Public Buildings & Works in 1973. Offered for sale in 1970 by the Board of Trade. [23]
An Empire ship is a merchant ship that was given a name beginning with "Empire" in the service of the Government of the United Kingdom during and after World War II.Most were used by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which owned them and contracted their operation to various shipping companies of the British Merchant Navy.
Hopper was an acknowledged influence on the film musical Pennies from Heaven (1981), for which production designer Ken Adam recreated Nighthawks as a set. [29] Director Wim Wenders recreated Nighthawks as the set for a film-within-a-film in The End of Violence (1997). [ 27 ]
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Emperor of the North Pole is a 1973 American action adventure film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, and Charles Tyner.It was later re-released on home media (and is more widely known) under the shorter title Emperor of the North, ostensibly chosen by studio executives to avoid being mistaken for a heartwarming holiday story.