EMPIRE COWDRAY / BAXTERGATE / GRANHILL

BUILT IN SUNDERLAND IN 1944 BY THE SHIPBUILDING  CORP LTD. SHE WAS LAUNCHED AS THE EMPIRE COWDRAY FOR THE M.O.W.T AND WAS MANAGED BY  CAPPER, ALEXANDER & CO. IN 1948 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO GOULANDRIS BROTHERS LTD ( THEY HAD BEEN MANAGING HER SINCE 1946 ) AND SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'GRANHILL' BY THE COMPANY. IN 1951 SHE WAS SOLD TO TURNBULL SOTT SHIP MANAGEMENT AND WAS RE-NAMED 'BAXTERGATE'. IN 1960 SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN BARROW ON FURNESS.