Empire Peacemaker, originally laid down as HMS Scarborough Castle, was a convoy rescue ship

Convoy rescue ship

During the Second World War purpose built convoy rescue ships accompanied some Atlantic convoys to rescue survivors from ships which had been attacked. Rescue ships were typically small freighters with passenger accommodations. Conversion to rescue service involved enlarging galley and food...

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She was originally laid down as the Castle class

Castle class corvette

The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943...

 corvette

Corvette

A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...

, Scarborough Castle, pennant number K536, but was renamed and converted before completion. She was launched at Ferguson Brothers Ltd. shipyard in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 on 8 September 1944 and brought into service in 1945. She was scrapped 1955 in Belgium

Belgium

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. She was owned by the Ministry of War Transport and operated by Ellerman City Line.