Laura was an 842 GRT coaster that was built in 1908 by Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft, Copenhagen, Denmark for Danish owners.

She was seized by the Allies in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Continent., then Master Nicholas following a sale in 1947.

Although Georgios Matsas was refloated two months later, she was declared a constructive total loss.

[2] On 28 April 1917 she was on a voyage from Göteborg, Sweden to Hull, United Kingdom, when she was captured by the German U-boat UC-79 in the Skagerrak at 58°02′N 08°19′E / 58.033°N 8.317°E / 58.033; 8.317 and taken as a prize of war.

[1] On 21 July 1943, she sailed from Bodø, Norway under escort from the vorpostenboot V 5717 Fritz Homann for a port to the north.

The Code Letters GQBN and United Kingdom Official Number 180805 were allocated.

She was then sold to Dabaco & Co, Panama and renamed Sur, serving until she was scrapped in Santander, Spain in August 1965.