She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Kiel, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Conqueror.

The ship was built as yard number 403 by Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg.

[3] In 1936, Ilse L.-M. Russ was one of 20 ships chartered to transport timber from Leningrad, Soviet Union to Germany.

The Code Letters GMXN and United Kingdom Official Number 180700 were allocated.

[6] Her port of registry was changed to Oslo and the Code Letter LLTS were allocated.

[1] On 8 December 1959,[6] Elfrida was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Soviet Union to a Danish port with a cargo of timber,[1] when a leak developed in the engine room.