Edwy R. Brown
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| Name | Edwy R. Brown | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 10.455 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Cantiere Riuniti dell´Adriatico, Monfalcone | ||
| Owner | Oriental Tankers Ltd (Standard Transp. Co Ltd), Hong Kong | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 61N, 18W - Grid AL 2299 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 50 (50 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | HX-107 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Aruba - Halifax - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | Clean petroleum products | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.33 hours on 17 Feb, 1941, the Edwy R. Brown (Master Andrew Chalmers), a straggler from convoy HX-107, was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 southeast of Iceland. The master, 47 crew members and two gunners were lost. | ||
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