List of Empire ships (Th–Ty)#Empire Trooper

The combined ship Cap Norte for a maximum of 1886 passengers expired on May 8, 1922 for the South America service with the Hamburg-Süd AG Vulcan shipyard in Hamburg from the stack. Later she went under the name of Sierra Salvada and HMTS Empire Trooper. She was scrapped in 1955 in Inverkeithing.

Specifications

• Tonnage: 13615 GRT
• Length: 152.30 m
• Width: 19.50 m
• Machines Power / Speed ​​. 15 knots
• Sister ship: Antonio Delfino

Trips

Your maiden voyage made ​​the Cap Norte on September 14, 1922 by Hamburg to Rio de la Plata. From 1932 to 1934, she went on a charter basis for the NDL and contributed to the names Sierra Salvada. It was later used as a KdF ship.

In July 1937, she traveled to Sao Paolo; On board were many Jews from Germany, who emigrated because of the increasing repression in Germany. Shortly after, Brazil was the inclusion of a Jewish refugees.

On 1 September 1939 began with the Polish campaign of the Second World War. On September 16, 1939, Cap Norte Pernambuco left with course Hamburg. When trying to break through the British naval blockade of ships to Germany, it has been applied by the cruiser HMS Belfast on October 9, 1939, not far from Iceland / Faroes. On this trip she was masked from Lisbon as a Swedish ship: as Ancona. In the UK, Cap Norte was then rebuilt in June 1940 troopship Empire Trooper and used until 1955.

On 25 December 1940 she was shot during a convoy ride from the German cruiser Admiral Hipper and damaged and put back into service after repairs. In 1955 she was sold to Southampton to the British Iron & Steel Corporation.