SS Belgia,
Was built by ?resundsvarvet, Landskrona Sweden
Launched on 11 January 1930 with completion on 7 May.
LOA 286 feet 6 inches (87.33 m), Beam of 40 feet 2 inches (12.24 m) Depth of 28 feet 4 inches (8.64 m).

GRT: 2,023t,.. NRT of 1,074.
She was originally built as a passenger ship.
Crew: 31, plus ............6 DEMS gunners

(Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) was an Admiralty Trade Division program established in June, 1939, to arm 5,500 British merchant ships with an adequate defence against enemy submarines and aircraft.
The acronym DEMS was used to describe the ships carrying the guns, the guns aboard the ships, the military personnel manning the guns, and the shore establishment supporting the system)

In 1940 she was rebuilt as a cargo ship.
In 1941, she was damaged by enemy bombing and burnt out.
She was salvaged and sold to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), repaired and renamed "SS Empire Bell".
She was torpedoed and sunk by U-442 on 25 September 1942.