MV Murell

[1] She was salvaged in 1942, repaired and passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), renamed Empire Estuary.

[5] Little is known of her service, although she was a member of Convoy FN 222, which departed from Southend, Essex on 14 July 1940 and arrived at Methil, Fife two days later.

[2] She was placed under the management of Craggs & Jenkin Ltd, remaining registered at Goole and retaining the Code Letters MJJY.

[4] On 2 June 1944, Empire Estuary joined Convoy EBC 1, which departed from Barry, Glamorgan and sailed to the St Helens Roads, off the Isle of Wight.

[7] She then sailed to the Solent to join Convoy EBC 3W, which departed on 8 June and arrived at the Seine Bay, France the next day.

[8] She was to spend the next three months sailing between the Seine Bay and Southend, with a couple of visits to Southampton, Hampshire in August.

In September, Empire Estuary was operating in convoys between Newhaven, East Sussex and Dieppe, France.