Empire Conrad was a 7,009 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1942 by Charles Connell & Co Ltd, Clydebank for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

[2] On 20 May 1942, Empire Conrad departed from Milford Haven, Wales with a cargo of 32 Spitfires in cases.

On 2 June, Eagle departed from Gibraltar escorted by the cruiser Charybdis and destroyers Antelope, Ithuriel, Partridge, Westcott and Wishart.

[6] Empire Conrad was a member of Convoy KMS 15, which departed the United Kingdom on 1 June 1943 bound for Gibraltar and the Mediterranean.

Empire Conrad joined at Gibraltar, she was carrying a cargo of scrap metal and was bound for Manchester.

[9] On 31 December 1945, Empire Perdita was reported to be adrift in the Mozambique Channel, 200 nautical miles (370 km) north east of Durban, South Africa.

[10] In 1952, Empire Conrad was sold to P Atychiades, Marseilles, France and was renamed Franta.

Later that year, she was sold to Ocean Tramp Tankers Corporation, Panama and was renamed Eugenia.