SS Empire Gaelic should not be confused with Empire Gallic.
Empire Gaelic was a ferry which was built in 1945 for the Royal Navy as the Landing Ship Tank, Mk.3 HMS LST 3507. She was converted into a ferry in 1948 and renamed Empire Gaelic, serving on the Preston – Larne route 1949–60, when she was scrapped.
The ship was 345feet long overall, with a beam of 54feet.a draught of 10feet.[1] She was assessed at .
The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine. The engine was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It drove twin screw propellers. The engine could propel the ship at a speed of 10kn.[1]
Landing Ship Tank, Mk.3 HMS LST 3507 was built in 1944 as yard number 562 by Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. Lauzon, Quebec for the Royal Navy.[2] Ordered on 1 February 1944, she was launched on 28 October and commissioned on 15 May 1945.[3] The Code Letters MAVR were allocated.[4]
In 1948,[5] LST 3507 was sold to the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company and converted to a ferry by Harland & Wolff, Govan.[6] Following the rebuild, she was assessed at,, .[1] She entered service in January 1949 on the Preston – Larne route.
Empire Gaelic had been withdrawn from service by May 1960 and laid up in the Holy Loch, where she was offered for sale.[1] She was scrapped in September in Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium.[7]