Asturias' years as an emigrant ship were interrupted by several voyages as a troop ship.
One was in September 1953, when she brought UK troops from South Korea to Gibraltar on their way home from the Korean War.
The troops were 530 British soldiers who had been prisoners of war in North Korea.
Most were members of the Gloucestershire Regiment who had been captured two and a half years earlier at the Battle of the Imjin River in April 1951.
She reached Southampton on 16 September, where her troops were greeted by family members and a large contingent of the Gloucestershire Regiment.

In 1954 she was displaced from emigrant service and transferred to full-time trooping.
For this her hull was repainted white with a blue band and her funnel was painted yellow.

Much of Asturias' trooping work was in the Far East.
This included her final voyage, when she brought home the First Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment from South Korea.
She left Inchon on 28 July 1957, called at Hong Kong on 31 July, Singapore on 4 August and Colombo in Sri Lanka on 9 August.
She anchored off Aden and then passed through the Suez Canal, which had only recently been cleared of blockships after the 1956 Suez Crisis.
She then called at Gibraltar on about 23 August before reaching Southampton on 27 August.
Asturias' years as an emigrant ship were interrupted by several voyages as a troop ship. One was in September 1953, when she brought UK troops from South Korea to Gibraltar on their way home from the Korean War. The troops were 530 British soldiers who had been prisoners of war in North Korea. Most were members of the Gloucestershire Regiment who had been captured two and a half years earlier at the Battle of the Imjin River in April 1951. She reached Southampton on 16 September, where her troops were greeted by family members and a large contingent of the Gloucestershire Regiment.
In 1954 she was displaced from emigrant service and transferred to full-time trooping. For this her hull was repainted white with a blue band and her funnel was painted yellow.
Much of Asturias' trooping work was in the Far East. This included her final voyage, when she brought home the First Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment from South Korea. She left Inchon on 28 July 1957, called at Hong Kong on 31 July, Singapore on 4 August and Colombo in Sri Lanka on 9 August. She anchored off Aden and then passed through the Suez Canal, which had only recently been cleared of blockships after the 1956 Suez Crisis. She then called at Gibraltar on about 23 August before reaching Southampton on 27 August.
RMS Asturias (1925)