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{{short description|World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=HMS Empire Peacemaker FL9351.jpg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= United Kingdom |Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} |Ship name=SS ''Empire Peacemaker'' |Ship owner=*[[Ministry of War Transport]] (1945) *[[Royal Army Service Corps]] (1945-1954) |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered=23 January 1943 |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=[[Fleming & Ferguson]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=665 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=8 September 1944, as ''Scarborough Castle'' |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=January 1945, as ''Empire Peacemaker'' |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=February 1945 |Ship out of service=1954 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=* [[Official number]]: 169428 * [[Call sign]]: GJBT |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sold for scrapping, July 1955 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=<ref name="historicalrfa">{{cite web |url=http://www.historicalrfa.org/archived-stories/1116-convoy-rescue-ships-service |title=Convoy Rescue Ships Service |work=historicalrfa.org |year=2012 |accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> |Ship class={{sclass2|Castle|corvette}}, converted to [[convoy rescue ship]] |Ship type= |Ship tonnage={{GRT|1,333}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{Convert|252|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{Convert|36|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{Convert|13|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion={{Convert|2889|ihp|0|abbr=on}} [[triple expansion steam engine]], 2 shafts |Ship speed= {{Convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship complement= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= |Ship notes= }} |} '''SS ''Empire Peacemaker''''' was a British [[convoy rescue ship]] that served at the end of World War II, originally laid down as the corvette {{HMS|Scarborough Castle|K536|6}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireP.html |title=Empire P |work=mariners-l.co.uk |year=2011 |accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> Post-war she served as an Army transport ship before being scrapped in 1955.
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