Empire Gold
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| Name | Empire Gold | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.028 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Common Brothers Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Apr, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1107 (Fritz Parduhn) | ||
| Position | 47.47N, 06.26W - Grid BF 5151 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (43 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-348 | ||
| Route | Philadelphia - New York - Antwerp | ||
| Cargo | 10.278 tons of motor spirit | ||
| History | Laid down for the Admiralty with the allocated name Eppingdale, but completed for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Gold | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.15 hours on 18 Apr, 1945, U-1107 fired a spread of three torpedoes at two overlapping ships in the convoy HX-348 about 70 miles west of Brest and reported two hits. Both ships, the Cyrus H. McCormick and Empire Gold were hit and sunk. The master, 37 crew members and five gunners from the Empire Gold (Master Henry Cecil Cansdale) were lost. Four crew members were picked up by the British rescue ship Gothland (Master James Murray Hadden OBE) and landed at Greenock on 21 April. | ||
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