Built as a collier under yard No. 451 on the Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Grangemouth for the Ministry of War Transport, London, (managed by S. Marshall & Co. Ltd., Sunderland.)
31 August 1943 launched under the name EMPIRE VILLAGER.
Tonnage 2.066 gross, 1.073 net, 2.875 dwt., dim. 272.0 x 40.0 x 17.2ft.
Triple expansion 3-cyl. steam engine, manufactured by the North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Wallsend. Speed 9.5 knots.
One deck, four holds
November 1943 delivered to owners.
April 1946 the owner became the Ministry of Transport at London.
October 1946 Sold to F.T. Everard and Sons of Greenhithe, renamed in GRIT.
May 1957 sold to Bankstone Shipping Co. Ltd., Llanelli (mgrs. Thomas Stone Shipping Ltd.), and renamed in BANKSTONE.
1959 Sold to Virtu Steamship Co. Ltd., Malta and renamed SAVER.
1965 Sold to Marespuma Cia. Nav. S.A., Piraeus, Greece and renamed CHRISTOYANNIS.
1967 Sold to A.Poulos, Piraeus, not renamed.
July 1967 broken up at Piraeus, Greece.
Malta 1986 20c sg 795
Source: Everard of Greenhithe by K.S. Garret.