Empire Citizen
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| Name | Empire Citizen | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.683 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | P. Henderson & Co, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Günter Hessler) | ||
| Position | 58.12N, 23.22W - Grid AL 2714 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 83 (78 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-279 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Rangoon | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Laid down as Wadigo, completed as German Wahehe for Woermann Linie AG, Hamburg On 21 Feb, 1940, the Wahehe was captured southeast of Iceland by the British cruiser HMS Manchester (15) (Cdr J.N. Sparks) and the British destroyer HMS Kimberley (F 50) (LtCdr R.G.K. Knowling) and taken to Kirkwall. The vessel was renamed Empire Citizen by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.45 hours on 3 Feb, 1941, the Empire Citizen (Master Edward Charles Hughes), a straggler from convoy OB-279, was torpedoed and sunk by U-107 southwest of Iceland. The master, 64 crew members, one gunner and 12 passengers were lost. Four crew members and one gunner were picked up by the British corvette HMS Clarkia (K 88) (LtCdr F.J.G. Jones) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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