Empire Springbuck
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| Name | Empire Springbuck | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,591 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Seattle WA | ||
| Owner | W.A. Souter & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Sep 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-81 (Friedrich Guggenberger) | ||
| Position | 61.38N, 40.40W - Grid AD 6886 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (42 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-42 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Boca Grande, Cuba - Sydney (30 Aug) - Leith - London | ||
| Cargo | Steel and explosives | ||
| History | Launched as British War Dido, completed October 1918 as American Westmead for US Shipping Board, Seattle; 1918/19 part of the US Navy in the Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 1927 renamed Willanglo for Babcock SS Co, New York; 1929 renamed San Angelo for Pacific Atlantic SS Co, Portland OR. 1940 given to Britain and renamed Empire Springbuck by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.55 hours on 9 Sep, 1941, the Empire Springbuck (Master Walter O´Connell), a straggler from convoy SC-42, was hit by two torpedoes from U-81, exploded and sank northeast of Cape Farewell. The master and 41 crew members were lost. | ||
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