MV Empire Cross

History
United Kingdom
Name	Empire Cross
Owner	Ministry of War Transport
Operator	1945: Hadley Shipping Co Ltd 1946: Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd
Port of registry	1945: Sunderland 1946: London
Builder	Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Yard number	765
Launched	28 June 1945
Completed	November 1945
Identification	UK official number 181112
Fate	Exploded and sank 1946 Raised and scrapped 1952
General characteristics
Type	Oil tanker
Tonnage	3,738 GRT 2,000 NRT 5,110 DWT
Length	353.5 ft (107.7 m)
Beam	48.3 ft (14.7 m)
Draught	21 ft 11+1⁄2 in (6.69 m)
Depth	26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Installed power	2,500 bhp
Propulsion	two-stroke diesel engine
Sensors and processing systems	direction finding equipment echo sounding equipment

MV Empire Cross was a motor tanker that was built in England in 1945. She was launched as an Empire ship for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1946 she exploded and sank in Haifa in Palestine, killing 25 of her crew.