Empire Copperfield was a 6,013 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, United Kingdom.

The Code Letters GCKV and United Kingdom Official Number 180051 were allocated.

[10] She then joined Convoy GUS 25,[3] which had departed Port Said on 16 December and arrived at Hampton Roads on 17 January 1944.

[3] She departed Augusta the next day as a member of Convoy AH 27, which arrived at Bari on 28 February.

Empire Copperfield left the convoy at Algiers, Algeria,[27] arriving on 23 April.

[30] Empire Copperfield departed Liverpool as a member of Convoy OS 81 on 22 June.

[32] Empire Copperfield then joined Convoy KMS55, which departed Gibraltar that day and arrived at Port Said on 14 July.

Later that day, she departed Augusta as a member of Convoy AH 54, which arrived at Bari on 12 July.

She was late in joining the convoy and left it at Algiers,[36] where she arrived on 27 July.

[3] She departed Augusta the next day as a member of Convoy VN 59, which arrived at Naples on 17 August.

[38] On 1 September, Empire Copperfield departed Naples as a member of Convoy SM 6, which arrived at a port in southern France on an unspecified date.

[3] Empire Copperfield departed Taranto on 5 October and arrived at Augusta the next day.

Empire Copperfield departed Alexandria on 24 October for an unrecorded destination.

She is next recorded as departing Piraeus on 28 November, arriving at Alexandria on 2 December.

On 9 December, Empire Copperfield departed Alexandria for Port Said, arriving the next day.

[3] Empire Copperfield is recorded as arriving at Naples on 29 January, and departing that same day for an unrecorded destination.

She is next recorded as departing Naples on 7 February for Catania, Italy, arriving the next day.

On 25 February, she departed Casablanca for Freetown, Sierra Leone, where she arrived on 6 March.

Empire Copperfield was carrying a cargo of iron ore.[44] She was bound for Newport, Monmouthshire, arriving on 7 April.

Empire Copperfield departed Newport on 10 April and arrived at Port Said on 24 June.

Empire Copperfield departed Rangoon on 18 September and arrived at Calcutta on 5 October for an unknown destination.

She is next recorded as leaving Singapore on 16 October and arriving back there on 3 November.

In 1958, Graigwen was sold to the Great Eastern Shipping Co, Bombay, India and was renamed Jag Devi.