on 30 November. JW 52 Convoy JW 52 sailed from Liverpool on 17 January 1943 and arrived at the Kola Inlet on 27 January. JW 53 Convoy JW 33 sailed from Loch Ewe on 15 February 1943 and arrived at the Kola Inlet on or about 27 February. Empire Baffin had to return to Loch Ewe due to being damaged in severe weather. SC 141 Convoy SC 151 sailed from Halifax Nova Scotia on 3 September 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 17 September. Empire Baffin was carrying a general cargo bound for London. Empire Baffin was taken over by the Admiralty and converted by Green & Silley Weir Ltd, London to a cable laying ship for Operation Pluto, and commissioned as HMS Sancroft. She was used in the support of Operation Overlord. Those killed whilst serving on Empire Baffin during the war are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London. Postwar In 1946, HMS Sancroft reverted to the MoWT and regained her Empire Baffin name. Later that year, she was sold to Stag Line Ltd, North Shields still under the management of J Robinson & Sons. She was the fifth Stag Line ship to bear the name Clintonia. She was purchased at a cost of £30,000 and converted back to a cargo ship and also from coal to oil fuel at a cost of £137,911. On 10 December 1959, Clintonia was sold to Alcestis Shipping Co. SA, Greece for £62,500. She was renamed Apsis She was operated under the management of Faros Shipping Co Ltd, London.. Apsis served until 1963 when she was sold for scrap. She arrived at Yokosuka, Japan in December 1963 for scrapping. Official number and code letters Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Empire Baffin had the UK Official Number 168968 and used the Code Letters BCQR. References 1941 ships Ships built on the River Clyde Steamships of the United Kingdom Empire ships Ministry of War Transport ships Auxiliary ships of the Royal Navy Operation Overlord Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of Greece Merchant ships of Greece