M joined Convoy HG 61, which had departed Gibraltar on 6 May 1941 and arrived at Liverpool on 20 May. On 18 May, Gianna M was slightly damaged in an air raid on the convoy. Gianna M was escorted into Belfast. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed Empire Contract. Her port of registry was changed to London. The Code Letters BPWC and United Kingdom Official Number 149772 were allocated. Initially operated under the management of the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company Ltd, Belfast, management later passed to Davies & Newman Ltd. In 1945, Empire Control was laid up at Falmouth, Cornwall. It was intended that she would be converted to a factory ship. In 1948, she was sold to the Shell Company of Gibraltar Ltd, London and renamed Kleinella. She was used as a storage hulk at Gibraltar. In 1953, she was sold for scrapping to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne, Northumberland, arriving on 14 July. Kleinella was scrapped in December 1953. References 1913 ships Ships built in Hamburg Merchant ships of Germany World War I merchant ships of Germany Auxiliary ships of the Imperial German Navy World War I auxiliary ships of Germany Merchant ships of the United States Steamships of Italy Merchant ships of Italy World War II merchant ships of Italy Maritime incidents in May 1941 Ministry of War Transport ships Empire ships World War II tankers Steamships of the United Kingdom Merchant ships of the United Kingdom