February for Beira, Mozambique, arriving on 18 February. She departed on 24 February for Lourenço Marques, arriving two days later. She sailed on 3 March for Durban, arriving the next day and sailing on 10 March for Cape Town, where she arrived on 12 March. Empire Dynasty departed from Cape Town on 18 March and sailed to Walvis Bay, South-West Africa, where she arrived on 20 March, departing six days later for Gibraltar, arriving on 8 April. Carrying general cargo and of mails, she departed from Gibraltar on 12 April as a member of Convoy MKF 42, which arrived at Liverpool on 17 April. On 14 May 1945, Supermarine Spitfire Mk. FRXIV NM817 was loaded aboard Empire Dynasty. She was a member of Convoy UC 68A, which departed from Liverpool on 17 May and arrived at New York on 28 May. She detached from the convoy and sailed to Port Said, Egypt, arriving on 28 May. Empire Dynasty then sailed to Suez, from where she departed on 29 May for Aden, arriving on 2 June and departing that day for Bombay, India, arriving on 7 June. The Spitfire was unloaded here. Empire Dynasty departed from Bombay on 8 July and sailed to Beira, arriving on 17 July. She departed on 26 July for Durban, arriving two days later and departing on 4 August for Cape Town, where she arrived on 7 August. She departed on 12 August for London, arriving on 30 August. Empire Dynasty departed from London on 19 October for Gibraltar, where she arrived on 23 October, departing the next day for Port Said. She arrived there on 31 October and the sailed to Suez, from where she departed on 1 November for Bombay, arriving on 11 November. She departed on 2 December for Karachi, arriving two days later. Empire Dynasty departed from Karachi on 7 December for Bombay, from where she departed on 15 December for Suez, arriving on 25 December. She then sailed to Port Said, from where she sailed on 26 December for Haifa, Palestine, arriving the next day. In May 1946 Empire Dynasty was sold to the Eastern & Australian Steamship Co Ltd and was renamed Eastern. On 8 January 1953 the Swedish cargo ship broke in two off Okinawa, Japan. Eastern rescued all 40 crew. On 26 September 1954 Eastern was on a voyage from Yokohama to Kure, Japan when she was caught