SS Empire Galahad was a refrigerated cargo ship built in 1942 and scrapped in 1967.

Many were built for the MoWT, others obtained from the USA, still others were captured or seized from enemy powers.

[2] Empire Galahad spent the war years under the management of Blue Star Line.

In 1954, the original triple-expansion steam engine made by JG Kincaid of Glasgow was replaced with a six-cylinder two-stroke single cycle single-acting marine Diesel engine made by Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Trieste.

Empire Galahad's UK official number was 168985 and her call sign was BDYN.