SS Empire Eve

Empire Eve was a 5,979 GRT CAM ship that was built in 1941 by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, Co Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

The ship was built in 1941 by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, Co Durham.

The United Kingdom Official Number 168912 and Code Letters BCLM were allocated.

[6] Empire Eve sailed on 27 July to join Convoy ON 1, which had departed from Liverpool, Lancashire the previous day and dispersed at 42°29′N 45°54′W / 42.483°N 45.900°W / 42.483; -45.900 on 9 August.

[4] Empire Eve sailed on 19 September to join Convoy ON 18,[4] which had departed from Liverpool that day and dispersed at 45°25′N 50°25′W / 45.417°N 50.417°W / 45.417; -50.417 on 2 October.

She was carrying a cargo of grain,[10] and left the convoy at the Belfast Lough on 30 October.

[4] Empire Eve was a member of Convoy HG 83, which departed on 22 May and arrived at Liverpool on 3 June.

Empire Eve sailed on 25 July to join Convoy ON 116,[4] which had departed from Liverpool that day and dispersed off Boston, Massachusetts on 12 August.

[20] She sailed the next day with Convoy SQ 28, which arrived at Father Point, Quebec on 17 August.

[22] She sailed on 30 August to join Convoy SC 98,[4] which had departed from Halifax the previous day and arrived at Liverpool on 13 September.

[18] Empire Eve was a member of Convoy ON 134, which departed from Liverpool on 26 September and arrived at New York, United States on 17 October.

A round trip was made to Saint John via convoys HF 8 and FH 11, arriving back at Halifax on 30 October.

She departed on 25 December to make a round trip to Saint John, returning to Halifax (loaded with wheat [18]) on 7 January 1943.

[4] Empire Eve sailed on 22 February to join Convoy ON.169,[4] which departed from Liverpool that day and arrived at New York on 21 March.

[4] Laden with a cargo of grain, she departed on 31 March as a member of Convoy SC 125, which arrived at Liverpool on 15 April.

[30] She sailed on 20 April for Cardiff, Glamorgan, arriving later that day,[4] where she was loaded with coal and returned to fully operational status with a Hurricane fighter and full radar crew.

[32] Those killed serving on Empire Eve are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.