MV Prins Harald

History
Name
  • Empire Field (1941–42)
  • Prins Harald (1942)
NamesakePrince Harald of Norway
Owner
  • Ministry of War Transport (1941–42)
  • Norwegian Government (1942)
Operator
  • Haldin & Phillips Ltd (Jan–Oct 1942)
  • Nortraship (Oct–Nov 1942)
Port of registry
BuilderWilliam Doxford & Sons Ltd
Launched23 September 1941
CompletedJanuary 1942
Out of service20 November 1942
Identification
  • United Kingdom Official Number 169008 (1941-42)
  • Code Letters BCVL (1941–42)
  • Code Letters LLPC (1942)
FateTorpedoed and sunk
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length128 feet 8 inches (39.22 m)
Beam56 ft 8 in (17.27 m)
Draught27 ft 4.75 in (8.35 m)
Depth34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
Installed power516 nhp
PropulsionDiesel engine, single screw propeller
Location where Prins Harald was torpedoed and sunk

Prins Harald was a 7,244 GRT cargo ship that was built as Empire Field in 1941 by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was transferred to the Norwegian Government in October 1942 and renamed Prins Harald. She was torpedoed and sunk on 20 November 1942 by U-263 with the loss of three of her crew.

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