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

[1] Her port of registry was changed to London The Code Letters GQFP and United Kingdom Official Number 180728 were allocated.

It was whilst she was going to the aid of Bosworth that she foundered 180 nautical miles (330 km) east of Aberdeen (57°28′N 3°00′E / 57.467°N 3.000°E / 57.467; 3.000) with the loss of all 28 crew.

A Royal Norwegian Air Force Catalina from Sola was despatched to search for survivors, but only found deck cargo and an upturned lifeboat.

[4] On 23 July 1958, a question was asked in Parliament by George Lawson, MP as to whether a date had been set for an inquiry into the loss of Narva.

[6] The inquiry lasted two days,[7] it determined that the cause of the loss of Narva was through water entering her forward hold through unknown causes, with no fault being found on the part of the crew.