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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS		Photo Gallery Troopships - HMT Empire Clyde HMT Empire Clyde, leaving Cape Town, with the 1st Battalion King's Own on board, circa 1956. Accession Number: KO0883/67 Empire Clyde Built by William Beardmore & Company in 1921 the ‘Cameronia’ of the Anchor Line sailed on the Glasgow to New York route. She was requisitioned as a troopship in December 1940 and saw service in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy. She was used to transport troops to Palestine in 1947 after which she was rebuilt as an Australian immigration ship. In 1951 she was sold to the Ministry of Transport and renamed 'Empire Clyde'. She was scrapped in Newport, Wales in September 1957. © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication to any of our images.