Eastern was a cargo liner that was built in 1944 as Empire Dynasty by J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland, Co Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). The ship was sold into merchant service in 1946 and renamed Eastern A sale to Hong Kong in 1965 saw her renamed Dori. She was sold for scrap in July 1967. Description The ship was built in 1944 by J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland, Co Durham. Her yard number was 631. The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and draught of . She was assessed at , , 8,891 tonnage under deck and . The ship was driven by twin steam turbines, double reduction geared, driving a single screw. The turbines were made by Richardsons Westgarth & Company, Hartlepool, County Durham and between them they developed 1,226 NHP. Two water-tube boilers supplied the turbines with steam at 490 lbf/in2. History Empire Dynasty was built in 1943 by J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland, Co Durham, for the MoWT. She was completed in November. She was given the United Kingdom official number 180145 and call sign GFTV. Her port of registry was Sunderland. She was placed under the management of Lamport and Holt Line Ltd. Empire Dynasty was towed from Sunderland to the Tyne on 3 June 1944. She underwent trials on 19 November before departing from the Tyne on 21 November to join Convoy FN 1547, which had departed from Southend, Essex the previous day and arrived at Methil, Fife on 22 November. She departed from Methil on 24 December as a member of Convoy FS 1676, which arrived at Southend on 26 December. She then joined Convoy UC 50B, which departed from Liverpool, Lancashire on 28 December and arrived at New York, United States on 8 January 1945. Empire Dynasty put into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with defects, arriving on 1 January. Empire Dynasty departed from Milford Haven on 11 January to join Convoy UC 52A, which departed from Liverpool on 10 January and arrived at New York on 21 January. She arrived at St Helena on 24 January, departing the next day for Cape Town, South Africa, where she arrived on 31 January. She departed on 7 February for Port Elizabeth, arriving the next day and sailing two days later for Durban, where she arrived on 11 February. Empire Dynasty departed on 16