SS Empire Candida Empire Candida was a 2 , 908 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) . She was sold in 1947 and renamed Burdale and resold in 1948 and renamed Peldale . In 1954 , she was sold to Norway and renamed Statius Jansen . A further sale to Hong Kong in 1959 saw her renamed Sunny . In 1961 , she was sold to Indonesia , serving until she was scrapped in 1969 . Description . The ship was built by William Gray & Co . Ltd . , West Hartlepool . She was launched on 8 December 1942 and completed in February 1943 . The ship was long , with a beam of and a depth of . Her GRT was 2 , 908 and she had a NRT of 1 , 645 . She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke . The engine was built by Central Marine Engine Works Ltd , West Hartlepool . History . " Empire Candida " was built for the MoWT . She was placed under the management of Frederick Jones & Co Ltd . Her port of registry was West Hartlepool . The Code Letters BFFW were allocated . Her Official Number was 168951 . " Empire Candida " was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War . Convoy KMS 22 departed Liverpool on 28 July 1943 and arrived at Gibraltar on 9 August . It departed the same day and arrived at Port Said , Egypt on 20 August . " Empire Candida " joined the convoy at Bône , Algeria and left it at Tunis , Tunisia . The voyage immediately preceding this was from Bizerta , Tunisia to Bône . Part of her cargo was Tiger Tank No . 131 , which had been captured by the Allies . The tank is now preserved at the Bovington Tank Museum , Hampshire . Convoy MKS 37 departed Port Said on 10 January 1944 and arrived at Gibraltar on 22 January 1944 . It departed the same day and arrived at the Clyde on 3 February . " Empire Candida " joined the convoy at Bizerta , Tunisia and left it at Bône . Convoy KMS 45 departed from the United Kingdom and arrived at Algiers , Algeria on 29 March 1944 . " Empire Candida " joined the convoy at Oran , Algeria bound for Algiers . Convoy KMS 46 departed from the United Kingdom and arrived at Bône on 9 April 1944 . " Empire Candida " joined the convoy at Algiers and left it at Augusta , Italy . Convoy KMS 50 departed from the United Kingdom and arrived at Oran on 16 May 1944 . " Empire Candida " joined the convoy at Algiers and left it at Augusta . Convoy ON 171 departed from Liverpool on 4 March 1943 and Reykjavík , Iceland on 7 March . It arrived at Halifax , Nova Scotia on 23 March . " Empire Candida " was a member of this convoy . In 1947 , " Empire Candida " was sold to Zinal Shipping Co Ltd , London and renamed " Burdale " . She was operated under the management of Burness Shipping Co Ltd . The following year , she was sold to Z Shipping Co Ltd , Newcastle upon Tyne and renamed " Peldale " , remaining under Burness ' s management . In 1954 , " Peldale " was sold to Jansens Rederei A / Z , Bergen and renamed " Statius Jansen " . In 1959 , she was sold to the New China Steamship Co Ltd , Hong Kong and renamed " Sunny " . She was placed under the management of Wallem & Co Ltd , Hong Kong . In 1961 , " Sunny " was sold to P T Maskapai Pelayaran , Sumatera , Indonesia . In 1969 , she was sold for scrapping . On the voyage to the breakers she developed a leak on 5 April 1969 at . She was escorted into Kaohsiung , Taiwan , arriving on 8 April .