In 1941 she was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Caribou.

The ship was built by Downey Shipbuilding Corporation, Arlington, New York, as yard number 10.

[2] The United Kingdom Official Number 167431 and the Code Letters GQBN were allocated.

Empire Caribou was carrying a cargo of steel bound for London.

Empire Caribou was carrying a cargo of 2,020 tons of chalk and was bound for Boston, Massachusetts.

[7] Those lost on Empire Caribou are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.