Empire Conrad was built in 1942 for the MoWT.

[3] She was placed under the management of

Glen & Co Ltd. The Code Letters BDTG and United Kingdom Official Number 168983 were
allocated. Her port of registry was Greenock.[2]

On 20 May 1942, Empire Conrad departed from Milford Haven, Wales with a cargo of 32
Spitfires in cases.[4] The aircraft were all Spitfire Mk VcT.[5] Also on board were the ground
crew who were to assemble them, a total of over 110 men. Empire Conrad was escorted by
the 29th ML Flotilla and the corvette Spirea. The convoy was later joined by the
Minesweepers Hythe and Rye. Empire Conrad arrived at Gibraltar on 27 May. The aircraft
were transferred to the aircraft carrier Eagle where they were assembled. On 2 June, Eagle
departed from Gibraltar escorted by the cruiser Charybdis and destroyers Antelope, Ithuriel,
Partridge, Westcott and Wishart. On 3 June, the aircraft were flown off Eagle bound for
Malta. Twenty-eight of them arrived safely, with the other four being shot down en route.[4]

Empire Conrad was a member of Convoy HG 84, which departed from Gibraltar on 10 June
1942, and arrived at Liverpool on 20 June. She was carrying iron pyrites and a general cargo
and was bound for Leith and Hull.[6]

Empire Conrad was a member of Convoy KMS 15, which departed the United Kingdom on 1
June 1943 bound for Gibraltar and the Mediterranean. She joined the convoy at Tripoli, Libya
and left it at Port Said, Egypt.[7]

Empire Conrad was a member of Convoy MKS 21, which departed from Alexandria, Egypt
on 3 August 1943 and arrived at Gibraltar on 14 August, departing later that day for
Liverpool, where it arrived on 25 August. Empire Conrad joined at Gibraltar, she was
carrying a cargo of scrap metal and was bound for Manchester.[8] In 1945, Empire Conrad
was a member of Convoy KMS 92G, which detached from Convoy OS 118 at sea on 29
March.[9]

On 31 December 1945, Empire Perdita was reported to be adrift in the Mozambique Channel,
200 nautical miles (370 km) north east of Durban, South Africa. Empire Conrad went to her
assistance.[10] In 1952, Empire Conrad was sold to P Atychiades, Marseilles, France and was
renamed Franta. She was sold in 1954 to the Refast Steamship Co and was renamed Nia. She
was operated under the management of Marcou & Sons Ltd, London. Later that year, she was
sold to Ocean Tramp Tankers Corporation, Panama and was renamed Eugenia.[3] She was
reflagged to Liberia. In November 1956, Eugenia was one of a number of ships trapped in the
Suez Canal, Egypt.[11] She served until 1967, and was scrapped at Niihama, Japan in April
1967.[3]