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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom}}&lt;br /&gt;
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|Ship name= SS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1941–48)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was an 813-ton [[coastal trading vessel|coastal]] [[tank ship|tanker]] built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, [[Glasgow]] in 1941 for the [[Ministry of War Transport]] (MoWT).&lt;br /&gt;
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She spent the [[Second World War]] plying the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Her uneventful wartime career is unusually well documented for a small cargo ship. After the war, she was sold to the [[Indian Navy]] in 1948 and commissioned as a harbour tanker &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;HMIS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chilka&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, becoming &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;INS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chilka&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; when India became a republic in 1950. She was decommissioned in 1976 and was scrapped in 1977.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Construction==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039;—&amp;quot;[[Bairn]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;child&amp;quot;—was built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Ltd, of [[Glasgow]], as yard number 67. She was launched on 23 October 1941 and completed in December 1941.&amp;lt;ref name=Ships&amp;gt;{{cite book | first = and Sawyer, L A| last = Mitchell, W H | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| page = 279 | publisher = Lloyd&amp;#039;s of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |isbn= 1-85044-275-4 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was operated under the management of the Bulk Oil Steamship Co Ltd.&amp;lt;ref name=Bairn&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/42/42b0270.pdf |title=LLOYDS REGISTER, STEAMERS &amp;amp; MOTORSHIPS|publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data|accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==War service==&lt;br /&gt;
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===1941–42===&lt;br /&gt;
After completion in December 1941, SS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; would have undertaken sea trials. She is first recorded at [[Oban]], [[Argyllshire]] in late December 1941. She took part in a number of [[convoy]]s during the [[Second World War]].&lt;br /&gt;
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;December – April&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy WN 225 which sailed from Oban on 30 December 1941 and arrived at [[Methil, Fife|Methil]], [[Fife]] on 2 January 1942.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WN225&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/wn/index.html?wn.php?convoy=225!~wnmain |title=Convoy WN.225 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy EN 65 which sailed from Methil on 30 March 1942 and arrived at Oban on 1 April.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;EN65&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/en/index.html?en.php?convoy=65!~enmain |title=Convoy EN.65 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;May&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is next recorded as being a member of Convoy BB 172 which sailed from [[Belfast Lough]] on 9 May and arrived at [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]] the next day.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BB172&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/bb/index.html?bb.php?convoy=172!~bbmain |title=Convoy BB.172 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She joined at [[Holyhead]], [[Anglesey]] on 9 May and arrived at [[Avonmouth]], [[Gloucestershire]] on 11 May.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Career&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ports/index.html?search.php?vessel=EMPIRE%20BAIRN~armain |title=EMPIRE BAIRN (Br) 813 tons, built 1941 |publisher=Convoyweb|accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;June – July&lt;br /&gt;
Her movements for the next five weeks are unrecorded. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy WN 299 which sailed from Loch Ewe on 21 June 1942 and arrived at Methil on 23 June.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WN299&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/wn/index.html?wn.php?convoy=299!~wnmain |title=Convoy WN.299 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her destination was [[Scapa Flow]], [[Orkney Islands]] where she arrived on 22 June.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy HM13 which sailed from Holyhead on 9 July 1942 and arrived at Milford Haven on 10 July.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HM13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=HM.13!~miscmain |title=Convoy HM.13 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She then sailed to [[Swansea]], [[West Glamorgan]] where she arrived later that day.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sailed from Swansea on 11 July to join Convoy WP 185 which sailed from Milford Haven that day and arrived at Portsmouth on 13 July.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WP185&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/wp/index.html?wp.php?convoy=185!~wpmain |title=Convoy WP.185 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her destination was [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]], she arrived on 12 July.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;October 1942&lt;br /&gt;
Her movements until October 1942 are not recorded. In mid October she was sent to work in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy KX 2 which sailed from the Clyde on 18 October 1942 and arrived at [[Gibraltar]] on 29 October.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KX2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/kx/index.html?kx.php?convoy=2!~kxmain |title=Convoy KX.2 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her movements until February 1943 are unrecorded.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1943===&lt;br /&gt;
;February&lt;br /&gt;
On 12 February, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was in [[Annaba|Bône]], [[Algeria]].&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; She was a member of Convoy ET 11X which sailed from Bône on that day and arrived at [[Oran]], Algeria on 15 February.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ET11X&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=ET.11X!~miscmain |title=Convoy ET.11X |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On 25 February she was again in Gibraltar.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy TE 16 which sailed from Gibraltar on 26 February and arrived at Bône on 1 March.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TE16&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=TE.16!~miscmain |title=Convoy TE.16 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;March&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; then sailed to [[Skikda|Philippeville]], Algeria and back to Bône 2 March, arrived back at Philippeville on 4 March and then to Algiers, arriving on 6 March.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; then joined Convoy KMS 10G which had sailed from the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] on 26 February and arrived at Bône on 11 March.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KMS10G&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/kms/index.html?kms.php?convoy=10G!~kmsmain |title=Convoy KMS.10G |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy ET 14 which sailed from Bône on 13 March and arrived at Gibraltar on 17 March.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ET14&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=ET.14!~miscmain |title=Convoy ET.14 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her destination was Algiers, where she arrived on 15 March. On 19 March &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy TE 19&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; which had sailed from Gibraltar on 16 March and arrived at Bône on 20 March.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TE19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=TE.19!~miscmain |title=Convoy TE.19 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy MKS 10 which sailed from Bône on 23 March and arrived at Liverpool on 5 April. She left the convoy at Algiers&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS10&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=10!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.10 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 25 March. The following day&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy TE 19Y which had sailed from Gibraltar on 23 March and arrived at Bône on 27 March.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TE19Y&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=TE.19Y!~miscmain |title=Convoy TE.19Y |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; arrived at Philippeville and then back at Bône on 30 March, then was at Philippeville again on 31 March. She then sailed to [[Béjaïa|Bougie]], Algeria, arriving on 1 April.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;April&lt;br /&gt;
She sailed from Bougie on 2 April and arrived at Algiers on 3 April. On 7 April &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy TE 20A which had sailed from Gibraltar on 5 April and arrived at Bône on 8 April.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TE20A&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=TE.20A!~miscmain |title=Convoy TE.20A |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy at Bougie on 9 April and then sailed to Philippeville. On 10 April she left Philippeville and arrived at Bône on 11 April. She departed Bône on 15 April and arrived at Algiers on 17 April. On 21 April&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy UGS 7 which had sailed from Hampton Roads on 1 April 1943 and arrived at Bône on 22 April.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;UGS7&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ugs/index.html?ugs.php?convoy=7!~ugsmain |title=Convoy UGS.7 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On 27 April&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy ET 19 which arrived at Gibraltar on 2 May.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ET19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=ET.19!~miscmain |title=Convoy ET.19 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy at Algiers on 29 April.&lt;br /&gt;
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;May&lt;br /&gt;
On 6 May &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sailed for Philippeville, arriving the next day. On 10 May&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy ET20 which had sailed from Bône on 9 May and arrived at Gibraltar on 14 May.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ET20&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=ET.20!~miscmain |title=Convoy ET.20 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy at Algiers on 11 May. On 17 May she was at Bougie, arriving at Algiers later that day.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;June – October&lt;br /&gt;
Her next recorded movement was arriving at Algiers on 19 June and sailing from Bougie later that day.  On 24 June &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy GTX 3 at Algiers&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; The convoy had sailed from Gibraltar on 21 June 1943 and arrived at Port Said on [4 July.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GTX3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=GTX.3!~miscmain |title=Convoy GTX.3 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy at [[Malta]] on 28 June. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy MKS 16A which sailed from [[Tripoli, Libya]] on 29 June and arrived at [[Gibraltar]] on 6 July.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS16A&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=16A!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.16A |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy at [[bizerte|Bizerta]], Algeria on 1 July. From July to October, her movements are unrecorded except that she was in port at Bizerta from 20 to 23 July, 3 August to 3 September and 24 September to 7 October.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;October&lt;br /&gt;
On 7 October, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy KMS 28 which had sailed from Gibraltar on 7 October and arrived at Port Said on 19 October.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KMS28&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/kms/index.html?kms.php?convoy=28!~kmsmain |title=Convoy KMS.28 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her destination is unrecorded but she arrived back at Bizerta on 12 October.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;November&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy NV 7 which sailed from [[Naples]], [[Italy]] on 3 November 1943 and arrived at [[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]], [[Italy]] on 5 November.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NV7&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/nv/index.html?nv.php?convoy=7!~nvmain |title=Convoy NV.7 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy AH 8 which sailed Augusta from on 8 November and arrived at Bari, on 10 November.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AH8&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ah/index.html?ah.php?convoy=8!~ahmain |title=Convoy AH.8 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy at [[Taranto]], Italy on 9 November.&lt;br /&gt;
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;December&lt;br /&gt;
On 14 December &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy HA 12 which had sailed from Bari on that day and arrived at Augusta on 16 December.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HA12&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ha/index.html?ha.php?convoy=12!~hamain |title=Convoy HA.12 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Later that day,&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; she joined convoy MKS 34 which had sailed from Port Said on 11 December and arrived at Gibraltar on 24 December.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS34&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=34!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.34 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy at Algiers on 20 December. On 24 December&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy KMS 35 which had sailed from Gibraltar on 22 December and arrived at Port Said on 1 January 1944. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined the convoy at Algiers and left at Augusta.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KM35&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/kms/index.html?kms.php?convoy=35!~kmsmain |title=Convoy KMS.35 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She left the convoy on 28 December at Augusta.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; On 31 December &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy GUS 26 which had sailed from [[Port Said]], [[Egypt]] on 26 December and arrived at [[Hampton Roads]], [[Virginia]] on 24 January 1944. She put into Malta after becoming a straggler,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GUS26&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/gus/index.html?gus.php?convoy=26!~gusmain |title=Convoy GUS.26 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=12 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; arriving on 1 January 1944.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1944===&lt;br /&gt;
;January&lt;br /&gt;
On 5 January&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy MKS 36 which had sailed from Port Said on 31 December 1943 and arrived at Gibraltar on 12 January 1944. She left at Bizerta&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS36&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=36!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.36 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 8 January. Her next recorded movements are sailing from Bizerta on 17 January and arriving back on 21 January. She then sailed from Bizerta on 22 January and arrived at Naples on 24 January.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;February&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a member of Convoy NV 22 which sailed from Naples on 22 February and arrived at Augusta on 23 February.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NV22&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/nv/index.html?nv.php?convoy=22!~nvmain |title=Convoy NV.22 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On 23 February&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy MKS 41 which had sailed from Port Said on 19 February and arrived at Gibraltar on 2 March. She left at Bizerta&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS41&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=41!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.41 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 27 February.&lt;br /&gt;
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;March&lt;br /&gt;
Her next recorded movement was sailing from Augusta on 20 March and arriving back there on 23 March. On 25 March,&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy MKS 44 which had sailed from Port Said on 20 March 1944 and arrived at Gibraltar on 1 April. She left at Bizerta&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS44&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=44!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.44 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 28 March. She sailed from Bizerta on 31 March and arrived at Bône on 1 April.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;April – May&lt;br /&gt;
On 7 April,&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy MKS 45 which had sailed from Port Said on 30 March 1944 and rendezvoused with Convoy SL 154 on 11 April. She left at Algiers&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS45&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=45!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.45 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 8 April. On 11 April,&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy UGS 37 which had sailed from Hampton Roads on 24 March and arrived at Port Said on 19 April. She left at Bône&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;UGS37&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ugs/index.html?ugs.php?convoy=37!~ugsmain |title=Convoy UGS.37 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 13 April. On 17 April&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy MKS 46 which had sailed from Port Said on 9 April and arrived at Gibraltar on 21 April. She left at Algiers&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS46&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=46!~mksmain |title=Convoy MKS.46 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 19 April. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sailed from Algiers on 22 April and arrived at Bône on 23 April. On 28 April&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy KMS 48 which had sailed from Gibraltar on 25 April and arrived at Port Said on 1 May. She left the convoy at Augusta&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS48&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?kms.php?convoy=48!~mksmain |title=Convoy KMS.48 |publisher=Convoyweb |accessdate=13 February 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on 1 May. On 4 May&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined Convoy MKS 48 which had sailed from Port Said on 29 April and arrived at Gibraltar on 10 May. She left at Bizerta&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MKS48&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; on 6 May.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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;September&lt;br /&gt;
Her movements are unrecorded until she left Bizerta on 24 September and was escorted to [[La Maddalena]], [[Sardinia]], where she arrived on 26 September. No further movements are recorded until May 1945.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1945===&lt;br /&gt;
;May – August&lt;br /&gt;
In 1945, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was sent to [[India]]. She is recorded as sailing from Naples on 7 May, arriving at [[Piraeus]], [[Greece]] on 11 May. Sailing on 18 May and arriving at Port Said on 21 May. She sailed from [[Suez]], Egypt on 27 June and arrived at [[Aden]], [[Colony of Aden|Aden Settlement]] on 3 July. She sailed from Aden on 5 July and arrived at Bombay, India on 13 July. After almost a month in port, she sailed from Bombay on 11 August, and arrived at [[Colombo]], [[Ceylon]] on 15 August. She sailed later that day for [[Trincomalee]], Ceylon arriving on 17 August. She sailed from Trincomalee on 18 August, arriving at [[Madras]], India on 20 August.&amp;lt;ref name=Career/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Postwar==&lt;br /&gt;
In 1948, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was sold to the [[Indian Navy]] and renamed HMIS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chilka&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, becoming INS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chilka&amp;#039;&amp;#039; when India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1950. She was used as a harbour tanker. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chilka&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was removed from the list of Indian Navy ships in 1976&amp;lt;ref name=Ships/&amp;gt; and scrapped in 1977.&amp;lt;ref name=Clyde&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=2560|title=SS Empire Bairn|publisher=Clydeships |accessdate=6 November 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Official number and code letters==&lt;br /&gt;
Official Numbers were a forerunner to [[IMO ship identification number|IMO Numbers]].&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empire Bairn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; had the UK [[official number]] 168968 and used the [[code letters]] BCXD.&amp;lt;ref name=Bairn/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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