Empire Kohinoor
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| Name | Empire Kohinoor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.225 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Wm. Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Anchor Line (Henderson Bros) Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Jul, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-618 (Kurt Baberg) | ||
| Position | 06.20N, 16.30W - Grid ET 5498 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 87 (6 dead and 81 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Alexandria - Capetown (18 Jun) - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 6000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | built as British steam tanker War Celt, completed February 1919 for Anglo Mexican Petroleum Co; 1919 renamed Italian Caboto for Soc. Veneziana di Nav. a Vap, Venice; converted to steam merchant; 1937 sold to Società Anonima di Navigazione Lloyd Triestino, Trieste. On 25 Aug, 1941, the Caboto was scuttled at Bandar Shapur during the British Operation Countenance. Salved by Britain and renamed Empire Kohinoor by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 2 Jul, 1943, the unescorted Empire Kohinoor (Master R. Black) was torpedoed and sunk by U-618 about 250 miles southwest of Freetown. Six crew members were lost. The master, 72 crew members and eight gunners were rescued. The first boat was rescued by the British destroyer HMS Wolverine (D 78) (Cdr J.P. Meney) and landed at Takoradi. The second boat was rescued by the British merchant Gascony and the third landed at Lumley Beach, Sierra Leone on 7 July. | ||
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