She continued to carry troops up to another overhaul in Liverpool in 1951. After her 70th trooping voyage the following year the vessel was sold. On 8 May 1952 the "Empress" sailed from the Mersey to Inverkeithing, where she was scrapped. Her oak carved panelling from the smoking lounge was installed in the Ships Room in the Visitor Centre of the Glenfarclas Distillery at Ballindalloch on Speyside when it was built in 1973.