Empire Cloud was a 5,969 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1940 by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

[2] At 14:28 on 9 May, Empire Cloud was torpedoed and damaged by U-201 when east northeast of Cape Farewell (61°00′N 32°30′W / 61.000°N 32.500°W / 61.000; -32.500).

[5] The ship was abandoned, but HMS St Apollo assisted in the protection of her while the Dutch tug Thames was despatched from Reykjavík, Iceland.

[2] Empire Cloud may have sailed in Convoy HX 167, which departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on 27 December 1941 and arrived at Liverpool on 11 January 1942.

At about 10:10 on 19 August 1942, Empire Cloud was torpedoed by U-564 northeast of Trinidad with the loss of three crew members.

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