that day. Empire Forest sailed with Convoy HA 73 on 16 October and arrived at Augusta two days later. She sailed on 21 October to join Convoy MKS 64, which had departed from Port Said on 16 October and arrived at Gibraltar on 28 October. She sailed on 1 November with Convoy OS 93, which dispersed in the Atlantic Ocean at the next day. She arrived at Freetown on 10 November. Empire Forest departed from Freetown on 16 November and arrived back there on 9 December. She sailed two days later for Gibraltar, arriving on 21 December. Carrying a cargo of coffee, She sailed that day with Convoy MKS 72G, which arrived at Liverpool on 30 December. Her destination was Southampton, where she arrived that day. Empire Forest sailed from Southampton on 10 January 1945 to join Convoy TBC 34, which had departed from Southend that day and arrived at Milford Haven on 13 January. She left the convoy at Plymouth, Devon on 12 January and joined Convoy COC 49, which sailed the next day and arrived at Granville, Manche, France on 14 January. Her destination was Morlaix, Finistère, France, where she arrived that day. Empire Forest sailed on 27 January for Fowey, Cornwall, arriving the next day. She sailed on 31 January for Falmouth, Cornwall, arriving later that day and sailing two days later to join Convoy TBC 55, which had departed from Southend on 31 January and arrived at Milford Haven on 3 February. She was the only ship in Convoy MH 13, which departed from Milford Haven that day and arrived at the Clyde on 5 February. Empire Forest sailed on 3 March to join Convoy OS114KM, which had departed from Southend the previous day and split at sea on 7 March. She was in the part of the convoy that formed Convoy KMS 88 and arrived at Gibraltar on 11 March. she passed Gibraltar and sailed on to Port Said, where she arrived on 19 March. She then sailed to Suez, Egypt, from where she departed on 21 March for Aden, where she arrived on 27 March. She sailed later that day for Bombay, arriving on 4 April. Empire Forest sailed on 26 April for Mombasa, Kenya, where she arrived on 16 May. She sailed the next day for Durban, arriving on 26 May. She departed on 3 June for Port Elizabeth, South Africa, arriving on