page_title: SS Empire Brigade
hierarchical_section_title: SS Empire Brigade
caption_attribution_description: English: 5,181 GRT cargo steamship Hannington Court, built in 1912 by J Priestman &amp; Co of Sunderland for the United British Steam Ship Company
context_page_description: SS Empire Brigade was a 5,184 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1912 as SS Hannington Court. She served through the First World War and was sold in 1936 to Achille Lauro, who renamed her Elios. In 1940 when Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom she was interned by the UK as a war prize and taken over by the Ministry of War Transport, which renamed her Empire Brigade. Four months later she was torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
context_section_description: SS Empire Brigade was a 5,184 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1912 as SS Hannington Court. She served through the First World War and was sold in 1936 to Achille Lauro, who renamed her Elios. In 1940 when Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom she was interned by the UK as a war prize and taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which renamed her Empire Brigade. Four months later she was torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
caption: As the Hannington Court, prior to 1936
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