Empire Stream
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Empire Stream | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,922 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | J.S. Stranaghan & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Sep 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 ( Johann Mohr) | ||
| Position | 46.03N, 24.40W - Grid BE 4165 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (8 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HG-73 | ||
| Route | Huelva - Dundee | ||
| Cargo | 3730 tons of potash | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.44 hours on 25 Sep, 1941, the Empire Stream (Master Stanley Herbert Evans) in convoy HG-73 was torpedoed and sunk by U-124 north-northeast of the Azores. Four crew members, two gunners and two stowaways were lost. The master, 24 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the British corvette HMS Begonia (K 66) (LtCdr H.B. Phillips) and landed at Milford Haven. | ||
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