Calcutta with a load of Government stores. OS 58 Convoy OS 58 departed Liverpool on 5 November 1943 and arrived at Freetown on 28 November. Empire Baron had started her voyage at the Clyde and was bound for Cape Town and East London, South Africa and then Basra, Iraq. MKS 43 Convoy MKS 43 sailed from Gibraltar on 22 March 1944 and arrived at Liverpool on 4 April 1944. Empire Baron had started her voyage at Mombasa, Kenya and called at Beira, Mozambique. She was carrying a cargo of Chrome ore, general cargo and mails and was bound for Loch Ewe. KMS 61 Convoy KMS 61 sailed from Liverpool on 25 August 1944 and arrived at Gibraltar on 4 September. Empire Baron had started her voyage at Belfast and was bound for Port Said, Egypt with a cargo of coal. Postwar In 1947, Empire Baron was sold to Navigation & Coal Trade Ltd, London and renamed Rubystone. She was operated by them for four years before being sold in 1951 to Alvion Steamship Co, Panama. Rubystone was scrapped in August 1960 at Nagasaki, Japan. Propulsion She was propelled two 6-cylinder SCSA diesel engines of which were built by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste. Official number and code letters Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Monte Piana had the Italian Official Number 258 until 1940 and the UK Official Number from 1940. She used the Code Letters NZLO until 1933. IBJX from 1934, and ZNAH from 1941. Empire Baron had the UK Official Number 174207 and used the Code Letters BCSN References 1926 ships Ships built in Trieste Merchant ships of Italy World War II merchant ships of Italy Ministry of War Transport ships Empire ships Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Merchant ships of Panama Captured ships Maritime incidents in 1933 Maritime incidents in 1937 Maritime incidents in June 1940