July. Empire Copperfield departed Algiers on 11 August, joining Convoy UGS 49, which had departed from the Hampton Roads on 24 July and arrived at Port Said on 19 August. She left the convoy at Augusta, arriving on 15 August. She departed Augusta the next day as a member of Convoy VN 59, which arrived at Naples on 17 August. On 1 September, Empire Copperfield departed Naples as a member of Convoy SM 6, which arrived at a port in southern France on an unspecified date. (Operation Dragoon was taking place at this time). She is then believed to have joined Convoy ARM 5, which departed on 8 September and arrived at Oran, Algeria on 11 September. Empire Copperfield arrived at Algiers on 12 September. On 25 September, she joined Convoy KMS 63, which departed Gibraltar on 23 September and arrived at Port Said on 3 October. She left the convoy at Augusta, on 29 September. The next day, she joined Convoy AH 70, which arrived at Bari on 1 October. She left the convoy at Taranto on 30 September. Empire Copperfield departed Taranto on 5 October and arrived at Augusta the next day. On 7 October she departed Augusta as a member of Convoy KMS 64, which had departed Gibraltar on 2 October and arrived at Port Said on 12 October. She left the convoy at Alexandria, arriving on 11 October. This was her penultimate convoy of the war. She would now mostly sail independently outside the protection of the convoy system. Empire Copperfield departed Alexandria on 24 October for an unrecorded destination. Empire Copperfield is next recorded as departing Piraeus, Greece on 8 November and arriving at Alexandria on 11 November. On 19 November she departed Alexandria, arriving at Alexandria on 22 November. She is next recorded as departing Piraeus on 28 November, arriving at Alexandria on 2 December. On 9 December, Empire Copperfield departed Alexandria for Port Said, arriving the next day. On 18 December, she departed Port Said for Augusta, arriving there on 23 December. Empire Copperfield departed Augusta on 28 December and arrived at Naples on 29 December. 1945 Empire Copperfield is recorded as arriving at Naples on 29 January, and departing that same day for an unrecorded destination. She is next recorded as departing Naples on 7 February for Catania, Italy, arriving the next day. On 11 February, she departed Catania for Gibraltar, where