departed from Freetown on 3 September with Convoy SL 121, which arrived at Liverpool, Lancashire on 21 September. She left the convoy at the Belfast Lough and sailed to Holyhead, Anglesey. She then joined Convoy HM 25, which sailed on 22 September and arrived at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire the next day. Empire Field then joined Convoy WP 223, which sailed from Milford Haven on 24 September and arrived at Portsmouth, Hampshire on 26 September. She then sailed to Southampton, Hampshire, arriving the next day. She was a member of Convoy PW 230, which departed from Portsmouth on 9 October and arrived at Milford Haven on 12 October. She left the convoy at Portland, Dorset on 9 October, sailing two days later to join Convoy PW 231, which had departed from Portsmouth on 11 October and arrived at Milford Haven on 14 October. She arrived at Cardiff, Glamorgan that day. On 15 October, Empire Field was transferred to the Norwegian Government and renamed Prins Harald, after Prince Harald of Norway. Her port of registry was Oslo and the Code Letters LLPC were allocated. She was operated under the management of Nortraship. She departed from Cardiff on 17 October for Swansea, Glamorgan, arriving later that day. Carrying war materials for use in Operation Torch, she departed on 3 November for the Clyde, arriving on 5 November. Prins Harald was a member of Convoy KMS 3G, which departed from the Clyde on 8 November and arrived at Bône, Algeria on 25 November. On 20 November, she was torpedoed and in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar () by . The ship exploded and sank about half an hour later with the loss of two of her 38 crew and one of her ten DEMS gunners. There were 55 survivors; the ship's dog also survived. Those who died are commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, United Kingdom and the Minnehallen, Stavern, Norway. References 1941 ships Ships built on the River Wear Empire ships Ministry of War Transport ships World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships of Nortraship Steamships of Norway Maritime incidents in November 1942 World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II