Empire Adventure
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| Name | Empire Adventure | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.145 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Walter Runciman & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-138 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 55.48N, 07.22W - Grid AM 5318 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (21 dead and 18 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-216 | ||
| Route | Tyne - Wabana, Conception Bay | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | built as British Eastney for Romney SS Co, London; 1924 renamed French Germaine L.D. for L. Dreyfus & Co, France; 1932 renamed Italian Andrea for Societŕ Anonima di Navigazione ´Corrado´, Genoa. On 10 Jun, 1940, the Andrea was seized by Britain at Newcastle and was renamed Empire Adventure by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.27 hours on 21 Sep, 1940, the Empire Adventure (Master Thomas O. Phinn) in convoy OB-216 was torpedoed and damaged by U-138 52 miles northwest of Rathlin Island. and was taken in tow, but sank two days later. The ship was taken in tow by the British rescue tug HMS Superman to the Clyde but sank on 23 September. The master and 20 crew members were lost. 18 crew members were picked up by the Swedish merchant Industria and landed at Belfast. | ||
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