following ve day, "empire earl" made more round trips between southend and antwerp, the first four in convoy and then sailing independently. a final voyage in convoy was made in august when she sailed from southend to the seine bay as a member of convoy etm 52, before sailing to antwerp and resuming her previous schedule. she departed from london on 29 august 1945 for newcastle upon tyne, where she arrived two days later. she departed on 11 october for antwerp, arriving two days later and departing on 25 october for hamburg, germany, where she arrived on 29 october. she departed on 19 november for the tyne, where she arrived two days later.