MV Empire Day was a 7,241 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1941 as a CAM ship by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, Co Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

The ship was built in 1941 by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, Co Durham.

[6] Built as a CAM ship, Empire Day could embark and operate a Hawker Sea Hurricane aircraft.

[9] Her destination was Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where she arrived on 26 August.

[10] Empire Day departed from Liverpool on 28 September as a member of Convoy ON 21, which dispersed at sea (45°05′N 52°37′W / 45.083°N 52.617°W / 45.083; -52.617) on 14 October.

[7] A cargo of grain was loaded and she departed from Halifax on 22 October as a member of Convoy HX 156, which arrived at Liverpool on 5 November.

[14] Empire Day departed from Liverpool on 23 January 1942 as a member of Convoy ON 59, which dispersed at sea (41°30′N 52°53′W / 41.500°N 52.883°W / 41.500; -52.883) on 6 February.

[7] Laden with grain, she returned with Convoy SC 70, departing on 15 February and arriving at Liverpool on 7 March.

[18] Empire Day departed from Liverpool on 22 May as a member of Convoy ON 97, which arrived at Halifax on 5 June.

[7] Carrying general cargo and steel, she departed from Halifax the next day as a member of Convoy HX 204, which arrived at Liverpool on 4 September.

[28] She left the convoy in home waters, sailing to Newport, Monmouthshire where she arrived on 1 March.

[33] She departed from Gibraltar on 22 July to join Convoy GUS 10,[7] which had departed from Bizerta, Algeria on 18 July and arrived at the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States on 9 August.

She then joined Convoy AB 30, which departed that day and arrived at Bombay India on 15 February.

She departed three days later as a member of Convoy DKA 18, which arrived at Kilindini Harbour, Kenya on 3 June.

[7] Carrying a cargo of coal bound for Adem and Port Said,[39] she departed from Lourenço Marques on 31 July as a member of Convoy DK 21A, which dispersed off Beira, Mozambique on 2 August.

[40] On 7 August 1944, Empire Day was torpedoed and sunk by U-198 some 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) east of Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (7°06′S 42°00′E / 7.100°S 42.000°E / -7.100; 42.000).

[41] He was killed when U-198 was sunk by HMS Findhorn and HMIS Godavari off the Seychelles on 12 August.

Her loss had not been realised as she was unable to send out a Mayday at the time of her sinking.