Empire Banner
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| Name | Empire Banner | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,699 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Bartram & Sons Ltd, South Dock, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | W.T. Gould & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-77 (Otto Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 36.48N, 01.32E - Grid CH 8190 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 72 (0 dead and 72 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-8 | ||
| Route | Penarth - Bona | ||
| Cargo | 3800 tons of military supplies, including tanks and transport | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.00 hours on 7 Feb, 1943, U-77 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy KMS-8 west of Algiers and sank the ships in station #13 and #14, the Empire Webster and Empire Banner. The master Jeffrey James Bedford OBE, 46 crew members, 15 gunners and ten passengers (Army personnel) from the Empire Banner were picked up by HMCS Camrose (K 154) (Lt L.R. Pavillard) and landed at Algiers. | ||
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