SS Blairspey SS " Blairspey was a steam cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1929 and served in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War . In 1940 she survived being part of Convoy SC - 7 and managed to reach port , despite being hit by at least three torpedo es from two different U - boat s . The ship was rebuilt with a new bow and renamed Empire Spey 1942 . Her original name was restored in 1946 . She was renamed Evandros " 1961 and scrapped in Italy in 1967 . Building . " Blairspey " was built by the Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co Ltd of Ardrossan , Ayrshire , Scotland . She was launched on 5 September 1929 and completed in October 1929 . She was powered by a three - cylinder triple - expansion steam engine rated at 257 NHP . " Blairspey " was built her Northern Navigation Co Ltd , who registered her in Glasgow and appointed George Nisbet and Company to manage her . Convoy SC - 7 . In October 1940 she loaded timber at Rimouski , Quebec and sailed to Sydney , Nova Scotia , where she joined Convoy SC - 7 bound for Liverpool . " Blairspey " s cargo was bound for Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth , Scotland . On 5 October the convoy left Sydney , initially with only one escort ship , the . On 16 October a wolf pack of U - boat s found the convoy and quickly overwhelmed it , sinking many ships over the next few days . At 2308 hours on 18 October commanded by Kapitänleutnant Fritz Frauenheim attacked the convoy east - northeast of Rockall . He fired a number of torpedoes and claimed to have sunk two 9 , 500 ton ships , and damaged a third which he estimated at 6 , 000 tons . Allied records show that only the " Blairspey " had been hit , and she had survived at least one and possibly two torpedoes . Heavily damaged but still afloat she began to fall behind the convoy . At 0250 hours on 19 October by commanded by Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke sighted " Blairspey " and hit her with another two torpedoes . Her cargo of timber kept her afloat , despite a badly damaged bow . She was taken in tow and eventually managed to reach Scotland . She was beached in the Clyde on 25 October . Repair and later career . The Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) had " Blairspey " repaired . Lithgows of Port Glasgow built her a new bow , which was launched on 16 February 1942 . The damaged section was removed during periods in the Garvel Drydock , Greenock , and the stern and new fore part were joined together in the same drydock between 17 February 1942 and 19 March 1942 . The rebuild increased the ship ' s gross register tonnage by 137 tons and her net register tonnage by 29 tons . The MoWT took her over , renamed her " Empire Spey " , and appointed George Nisbet and Company to continue to manage her . " Empire Spey " served in three more transatlantic convoys from Sydney to Liverpool . In May and June 1942 carrying a cargo of steel and timber she sailed in Convoy SC - 85 . In November and December 1942 she carried another cargo of steel and timber and sailed in Convoy SC - 110 . In April 1943 she carried steel and general cargo and sailed in Convoy SC - 126 . In 1946 the MoWT returned the ship to her owners , who restored her original name . They sold her on , and she spent several years as a tramp steamer . By 1961 she was owned by a number of London - based Greeks , who had renamed her " Evandros " and registered her in Lebanon . In May 1967 she was scrapped in La Spezia , Italy .