Thompson and Sons, Sunderland, Co Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

[2] 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.

[3] She was placed under the management of Lamport and Holt Line Ltd.[4] Empire Dynasty was towed from Sunderland to the Tyne on 3 June 1944.

She then joined Convoy UC 50B,[5] 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,[7] arriving on 1 January.

Empire Dynasty departed from Cape Town on 18 March and sailed to Walvis Bay, South-West Africa, where she arrived on 20 March, departing six days later for Gibraltar, arriving on 8 April.

[1] On 8 January 1953 the Swedish cargo ship Avanti broke in two off Okinawa, Japan.

[13] On 26 September 1954 Eastern was on a voyage from Yokohama to Kure, Japan when she was caught in Typhoon Marie, suffering some damage.

[14] In 1965 Eastern was sold to Eddie Steamship Co Ltd, Hong Kong and renamed Dori.