"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."@en . "20.372"^^ . "17.0688"^^ . "1941-02-19Z"^^ . "Sokol (1933-39)"@en . "Rio Grande (1939-40)"@en . . "1919-09-30Z"^^ . "Nile (1919-33)"@en . "128.93"^^ . "Torpedoed and sunk by U-69, 19 February 1941" . . "Empire Blanda (1940-41)"@en .