Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Launched for Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd. (Blue Star Line managers)

On the 12 February 1942 and damaged by Japanese aircraft in the Durian Strait, during the evacuation of Singapore. She received three direct hits and repairs were later carried out at Fremantle and Sydney, Australia. Fourteen military personnel and two civilian refugees were killed.

23 October 1942 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German Submarine U-615, north of the Azores. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to East London, South Africa with 10,555 tons of general cargo and Government stores. Twenty crew , six gunners and six passengers were lost.