Empire Eland
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| Name | Empire Eland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.613 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Long Beach Shipbuilding Co, Long Beach CA | ||
| Owner | Douglas & Ramsay, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Sep, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | 54N, 28W - Grid AK 6764 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 38 (38 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ON-14 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Mobile - Tampa | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as American West Kedron for US Shipping Board, Los Angeles; 1928 given to American West African Line (Barber SS Co), New York; 1933 returned to US Shipping Board, New York, 1937 transferred to US Maritime Commission, New York and laid up as reserve. 1940 given to Britain and renamed Empire Eland by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.48 hours on 15 Sep, 1941, the Empire Eland (Master Donald Cameron Sinclair), a straggler from convoy ON-14 , was torpedoed and sunk by U-94 southeast of Cape Farewell. The master, 32 crew members and five gunners were lost. | ||
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