SS Empire Baffin

HMS Sancroft
History
Name	Empire Baffin (1941-43) HMS Sancroft (1943-46) Empire Baffin (1946) Clintonia (1946-60) Aspis (1960-63)
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1941-43) Royal Navy (1943-46) Ministry of War Transport (1946) Stag Line Ltd (1946-60) Alcestis Shipping Co SA (1960-63)
Operator	J Robinson & Sons, North Shields (1941-43) Royal Navy (1943-46) J Robinson & Sons, North Shields (1946-60) Faros Shipping Co Ltd, London (1960-63)
Port of registry	Greenock (1941-43) Royal Navy (1943-46) UK (1946-60) Greece (1960-63)
Builder	Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow
Yard number	958
Launched	28 August 1941
Completed	October 1941
Identification	Official Number 168968 (1941-43, 1946-60) Code Letters BCQR (1941-43)
Fate	Scrapped 1963
General characteristics
Tonnage	6,978 GRT 10,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	431 ft (131.37 m)
Beam	56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)
Depth	34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Propulsion	1 x triple expansion steam engine (D Rowan & Co Ltd, Glasgow) 439 hp (327 kW)

Empire Baffin was a 6,978 ton cargo ship which was built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow in 1941 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was commissioned in 1943 as HMS Sancroft, being converted into a cable laying ship for Operation Pluto. She was returned to the MoWT in 1946 and subsequently sold and renamed Clintonia. A final change of ownership in 1960 saw her renamed Aspis and she was scrapped in 1963.