Empire Engineer
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| Name | Empire Engineer | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.358 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Quebec | ||
| Owner | Weidner, Hopkins & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Karl-Heinz Moehle) | ||
| Position | 54N, 34W - Grid AL - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (39 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-20 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Sydney - Newport, Mon | ||
| Cargo | Steel ingots | ||
| History | Built as Canadian Commander for the Canadian Government (Merchant Marine Ltd), Montreal; 1932 renamed Italian Gioacchino Lauro for Achille Lauro, Naples. On 10 Jun, 1940, the Gioacchino Lauro was seized by Britain at West Hartlepool and was renamed Empire Engineer by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.44 hours on 4 Feb, 1941, the Empire Engineer (Master John Whiteley), a straggler from convoy SC-20, was torpedoed and sunk by U-123 southeast of Cape Farewell. The master and 38 crew members were lost. | ||
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