During the Suez Crisis in 1956, she was transferred to the Ministry of Transport and renamed Empire Curlew.

[3] The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine.

[4] In Royal Navy service, the ship had a complement of 14 and capacity for 90 troops.

HMS LST 3042 was launched on 31 January 1945,[2] and completed in November 1945.

[7] In 1956, during the Suez Crisis, she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Transport and renamed Empire Curlew.