Empire Heron
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| Name | Empire Heron | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,023 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Moore Shipbuilding Co, Oakland CA | ||
| Owner | Andrew Weir & Co, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Oct 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-568 (Joachim Preuss) | ||
| Position | 54.55N, 27.15W - Grid AK 6673 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (43 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-48 | ||
| Route | Freeport, Texas - Sydney - Manchester | ||
| Cargo | 7673 tons of sulphur | ||
| History | Built as American Mosella for US Shipping Board, San Francisco; 1937 transferred to US Maritime Commission, San Francisco and laid up as reserve. 1941 given to Britain and renamed Empire Heron by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.14 hours on 16 Oct, 1941, the Empire Heron (Master James Dick Ross) in convoy SC-48 was torpedoed and sunk by U-568 southeast of Cape Farewell. The master, 33 crew members and nine gunners were lost. | ||
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