SS Blairspey was a steam cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1929 and served in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.

[1] Blairspey was built her Northern Navigation Co Ltd, who registered her in Glasgow and appointed George Nisbet and Company to manage her.

[5] In October 1940 she loaded timber at Rimouski, Quebec and sailed to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where she joined Convoy SC 7 bound for Liverpool.

On 5 October the convoy left Sydney,[6] initially with only one escort ship, the Hastings-class sloop HMS Scarborough.

On 16 October a wolf pack of U-boats found the convoy and quickly overwhelmed it, sinking many ships over the next few days.

At 0250 hours on 19 October U-100, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke, sighted Blairspey and hit her with another two torpedoes.

[4] The MoWT took her over, renamed her Empire Spey, and appointed George Nisbet and Company to continue to manage her.