SS Empire Clansman was a 2,065 ton collier which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

She was subsequently salvaged and returned to service for several companies after the war, under the names Sheaf Field, Corfield and then Spyros Amrenakis, before being wrecked for a second and final time in 1965.

[3] Empire Clansman was built for the Ministry of War Transport and managed by Stephenson Clarke & Associated Companies Ltd.

She was also at Loch Ewe in December 1943, an assembly point for merchants and naval escorts assigned to the Arctic convoys.

[6] She duly sailed at 4 p.m, but by 9.30 p.m. that evening and with the weather worsening, the master of the Empire Clansman, Philip Smith Williams, made the decision to turn his ship around and seek shelter.

[6] A report carried out by the Board of Trade in 1947 declared that 'The stranding was caused by an error of judgement on the part of the master' and criticised his decision to 'return to shelter from a position in the open sea involving running towards a lee shore in the existing weather conditions.