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Empire Blanda was a cargo ship which was built in 1919 by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow as Nile. She was sold to a Yugoslavian company in 1930 and renamed Sokol in 1933, serving until 1939 when she was sold to a Panamanian company and renamed Rio Grande. In 1940, she was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Blanda. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-69 on 19 February 1941.

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  • Empire Blanda was a cargo ship which was built in 1919 by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow as Nile. She was sold to a Yugoslavian company in 1930 and renamed Sokol in 1933, serving until 1939 when she was sold to a Panamanian company and renamed Rio Grande. In 1940, she was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Blanda. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-69 on 19 February 1941.
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  • Empire Blanda (1940-41)
  • Nile (1919-33)
  • Rio Grande (1939-40)
  • Sokol (1933-39)
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  • Torpedoed and sunk by U-69, 19 February 1941
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