Empire Crossbill
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| Name | Empire Crossbill | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,463 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp, San Pedro CA | ||
| Owner | John Morrison & Son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Sep 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-82 (Siegfried Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 63.14N, 37.12W - Grid AD 7143 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (49 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-42 | ||
| Route | Philadelphia - Sydney (30 Aug) - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 6686 tons of steel and 4 tons of relief goods | ||
| History | Built as American West Amargosa for US Shipping Board, Los Angeles; 1937 transferred to US Maritime Commission and laid up as part of the Reserve fleet. On 14 Nov, 1940, given to Britain and renamed Empire Crossbill by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) for Sir W. Reardon Smith & Sons, the same year given to John Morrison & Son. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.05 hours on 11 Sep, 1941, U-82 fired three torpedoes at three ships in the convoy SC-42 east of Cape Farewell and observed two hits. The Empire Crossbill sank immediately and the Scania was later sunk by U-202 (Linder). The Empire Crossbill (Master Eric Robinson Townend) sank with all hands: the master, 37 crew members, ten gunners and one passenger were lost. | ||
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