Clan Alpine was a 7,168 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Barrie.

Convoy SL 134 sailed from Freetown, Sierra Leone on 28 July 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 19 August.

Empire Barrie was in carrying a cargo of manganese ore from Takoradi, Gold Coast.

Empire Barrie was carrying general cargo and ammunition and was bound for Port Sudan, Aden and Dar es Salaam.

[3] On 3 February 1956, six crewmembers were killed by carbon monoxide fumes from a makeshift brazier they had set up in their cabin whilst the ship was in dry dock at Glasgow undergoing repairs.

[1] Although in good condition, her maximum speed of 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) made her too slow for the route she was employed on (United Kingdom - East Africa - India - Pakistan - Ceylon - Australia).

[3] On 16 September 1960, Clan Alpine sailed from the Mersey for Chittagong, via Glasgow, the Suez Canal, Assab, Djibouti, Aden, Bombay, Cochin and Tuticorin.

Clan Alpine had come to rest upright, some 11 miles (18 km) upstream of the Karnaphuli River mouth at Skonai Chori (22°25′N 91°44′E / 22.417°N 91.733°E / 22.417; 91.733).

The President of Pakistan, General Mohammed Ayub Khan paid a visit to the ship by helicopter.

[13] Clan Alpine was declared a constructive total loss, and sold on 14 February 1961 to East Bengal Trading Corporation Ltd and scrapped in situ.

[14] She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine of 2,510 horsepower (1,870 kW)[3] which was built by George Clark (1938) Ltd, Sunderland.