Empire Peacemaker, originally laid down as HMS Scarborough Castle, was a 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
She was originally laid down as the Castle class corvette, Scarborough Castle, pennant number K536, but was renamed and converted before completion. Ships Royal Canadian Navy ''Arnprior'' (ex- HMS ''Rising Castle'') link ''Bowmanville'' (ex- A corvette is a small maneuverable lightly armed Warship, originally smaller than a Frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft, although many She was launched at Ferguson Brothers Ltd. shipyard in Glasgow on 8 September 1944 and brought into service in 1945. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar She was scrapped 1955 in Belgium. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those She was owned by the Ministry of War Transport and operated by Ellerman City Line. In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport (or DfT) ( Welsh: Adran am Drafnidiaeth) is the government department