SS Empire Brigade
Empire Brigade was a 5,184 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1912 as Hannington Court. She served through the First World War and was sold in 1936 to Achille Lauro, being renamed Elios. In 1940, she was interned by the United Kingdom as a result of war being declared against Italy. She was declared a war prize and taken into service by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Brigade, serving until torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
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