SS Marietta ( 1943 ) Marietta was a 7 , 059 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 as Empire Daring by William Hamilton & Co Ltd , Port Glasgow , United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) . She served in the Mediterranean and then in home waters during World War II . " Empire Daring " was sold into merchant service in 1946 and renamed " Marietta " , serving until she was scrapped in 1959 . Description . The ship was built in 1943 by William Hamilton & Co Ltd , Port Glasgow . She was yard number 459 . The ship was long , with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was assessed at 7 , 059 GRT . 4 , 801 NRT . The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine , which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke . The engine was built by D Rowan & Co Ltd , Glasgow . History . World War II . " Empire Daring " was built for the MoWT . The United Kingdom Official Number 169506 and Code Letters BFJR were allocated . Her port of registry was Greenock . She was placed under the management of J Morrison & Co Ltd . " Empire Daring " departed from the Clyde on her maiden voyage on 23 August 1943 , sailing to Cairnryan , Wigtownshire and returning to the Clyde on 1 September . She departed from the Clyde on 18 September to join Convoy OS 55KM , which departed from Liverpool , Lancashire on 17 September and split at sea on 28 September . " Empire Daring " was carryng stores and vehicles , and was equipped with anti - torpedo net s . She was in the portion of the convoy that became Convoy KMS 27G , which arrived at Gibraltar on 29 September . She departed Gibraltar that day as a member of Convoy KMS 27 , which arrived at Port Said , Egypt on 11 October . She left the convoy at Algiers , Algeria on 2 October . " Empire Daring " spent the next seven months sailing the Mediterranean , visiting Bougie , Algeria ; Alexandria and Port Said , Egypt ; Augusta , Bari , Naples and Taranto Italy ; and Casablanca , Morocco . On 1 May 1944 , she departed from Casablanca to join Convoy SL 156 , which had departed from Freetown , Sierra Leone on 21 April . The convoy rendezvoused with Convoy MKS 47 at sea on 3 May , and the combined convoys arrived at Liverpool on 13 May . " Empire Daring " left the convoy at the Clyde on 12 May . She departed the Clyde on 6 June for London , arriving a week later . She then spent the next four months sailing in convoys between Southend , Essex and the Seine Bay , France , with a single return trip to Methil in September 1944 . She participated in Operation Overlord , taking a cargo of armaments to one of the Mulberry harbour s . From the end on November 1944 , " Empire Daring " sailed in various convoys to and from ports around the United Kingdom and also to Antwerp and Bruges in Belgium and Terneuzen , the Netherlands . She was at Antwerp when the war ended . On 29 April 1945 , one of her firemen was killed . Post - war . " Empire Daring " made a round trip to Southend . Her last convoy was Convoy ATM 171 , which departed from Antwerp on 31 May 1945 and arrived at Southend the next day . She the visited Hull and Rotterdam , Netherlands before returning to Sothend and sailing to the Tyne . On 10 July , she departed the Tyne for New Orleans , Louisiana , United States arriving on 1 August . She departed New Orleans on 13 August , sailing via Cape Henry , Virginia to London , where she arrived on 2 September . From October , " Empire Daring " sailed the Mediterranean , visiting Aden ; Port Said and Suez , Egypt ; Abadan , Iran ; Basra , Iraq ; and Haifa , Palestine . In 1946 , " Empire Daring " was sold to Leith Hill Shipping Co Ltd and was renamed " Marietta " . She was placed under the management of Counties Ship Management Ltd , London . In 1948 , management was transferred to Phoecian Ship Agency Ltd , London . In 1958 , " Marietta " was sold to Bury Hill Shipping Co Ltd , remaining under Phoecian ' s management . She was scrapped in 1959 in Split , Yugoslavia .