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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS		Photo Gallery Troopships - Empire Trooper HMT Empire Trooper, circa 1950s. Accession Number: KO2668/24 Empire Trooper Built as the passenger ship ‘Cap Norte’ for the Hamburg South America Line in 1922, it was captured off the Faroes by HMS Belfast on 9th October 1939. In 1940 it became Empire Trooper under the Ministry of War Transport and managed by British India Steamship Navigation Company. The vessel was scrapped in 1955 at Inverkeithing in Scotland. © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication to any of our images.