on 15 June for Bombay, India, where she arrived on 2 August. Empire Forest was a member of Convoy BP 54, which departed from Bombay on 6 September. She arrived at Basra, Iraq on 15 September sailing two days later for Um Qasr, which was reached later that day. Empire Forest sailed from Um Qasr on 26 September for Karachi, India, where she arrived on 2 October. She sailed three days later for Bombay, arriving on 17 October. She departed on 20 October for Colombo, Ceylon, where she arrived on 25 October. Empire Forest sailed the next day for Visakhapatnam, India, from where she sailed on 1 November for Calcutta, arriving on 5 November. She sailed a week later for Madras, where she arrived on 20 November and departed four days later for Durban. She arrived on 16 December. Empire Forest was a member of Convoy DC 2, which departed from Durban on 23 December and arrived at Cape Town on 28 December. Empire Forest then sailed to Recife, Brazil, from where she sailed on 20 January 1943 to join Convoy BT 1, which had departed from Bahia, Brazil on 18 January and arrived at Trinidad on 30 January. She then joined Convoy TAG 41, which sailed on 8 February and arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on 13 February. She then joined Convoy GN 41, which sailed that day and arrived at New York, United States on 21 February. Carrying general cargo, Empire Forest joined Convoy SC 121, which sailed on 23 February and arrived at Liverpool on 14 March. Empire Forest sailed from Liverpool on 15 April with Convoy OS46KM, which split at sea on 24 April. She was carrying a cargo described as "stores". She was in the part of the convoy that formed Convoy KMS 13G and arrived at Gibraltar on 26 April. She then joined Convoy KMS 13, which sailed that day and arrived at Bône, Algeria on 29 April. She left the convoy and put into Philippeville, Algeria, where she arrived that day. Empire Forest sailed on 14 May to join Convoy MKS 13, which had departed from Bougie, Algeria that day and arrived at Gibraltar on 19 May. She sailed on 28 May to join Convoy OS 48, which formed at sea on 29 May and arrived at Freetown, Sierra Leone on 7 June. Empire Forest then joined Convoy ST 69, which sailed on