SS Empire Celia was a 7,025 GRT cargo ship built in 1943 by Charles Connell and Company Ltd of Scotstoun, Glasgow for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

The engine was built by David Rowan & Co Ltd, Glasgow[1] and could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h).

She was allocated the Code Letters BFGS and United Kingdom Official Number 169757.

[1] Empire Celia was to have been a member of Convoy HX 241, which left New York City on 24 May 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 10 June.

[9] She returned to the United Kingdom as a member of Convoy RA 55A, which departed the Kola Inlet on 22 December and arrived at Liverpool on 1 January 1944.

[12] On 2 September three Spitfire LF Mk IX aircraft were loaded aboard Empire Celia.

[14] Between 23 and 26 December Empire Celia embarked a cargo including thirteen Spitfire LF Mk IX's.

[15][16] She then sailed as a member of Convoy JW 63, which departed Loch Ewe on 30 December and arrived at the Kola Inlet on 8 January 1945.

[17] A photograph taken in December 1948 shows that Empire Celia was still armed with a 4-inch gun, more than three years after the end of the war.

[2] Later in 1951, Morella was sold to Polskie Linie Oceaniczne, Gdynia,[2] and was renamed Jedność (English: Unity).