11 February. She sailed that day with Convoy MKS39G, which rendezvoused at sea with Convoy SL 148 on 12 February. Her cargo was listed as armoured fighting vehicles and cotton. The combined convoy arrived at Liverpool on 24 February. Carrying general cargo, Empire Forest sailed on 3 April with Convoy OS73KM, which split at sea on 16 April. She was in the part of the convoy which formed Convoy KMS 47G and arrived at Gibraltar on 17 April. She sailed on 5 May to join Convoy GUS 38, which had departed from Port Said on 24 April and arrived at the Hampton Roads on 22 May. She left the convoy and put into New York, arriving on 21 May. Carrying general cargo and explosives, Empire Forest sailed with Convoy HX 295 on 10 June. It arrived at Liverpool on 24 June. She left the convoy at Loch Ewe, and sailed on 26 June with Convoy WN 600, which arrived at Methil on 28 June. She sailed the next day with Convoy FS 1498, which arrived at Southend on 1 July. She left the convoy at Middlesbrough, arriving on 30 June. Empire Forest sailed on 24 July to join Convoy FS 1523, which had departed from Methil that day and arrived at Southend on 26 July. During August and into September, she sailed between Southend and the Seine Bay in various ET and FT convoys. She departed from the Seine Bay on 11 September with Convoy FTM 2A, which arrived at Southend the next day. She left the convoy at the Solent and then sailed to Spithead to join Convoy FBC 79, which had departed from the Seine Bay on 11 September and arrived at the Bristol Channel on 13 September. She arrived at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire the next day, sailing the day after for Liverpool, where she arrived on 16 September. Empire Forest departed from Liverpool on 24 September with Convoy OS90KM, which split at sea on 1 October. She was in the part of the Convoy that formed Convoy KMS64G and arrived at Gibraltar on 2 October. She then joined Convoy KMS 64, which sailed that day and arrived at Port Said on 12 October. Her destination was Augusta, where she arrived on 8 October. She departed the next day with Convoy AH 72, which arrived at Brindisi, Italy on 11 October. She left the convoy at Bari, arriving