Empire Fusilier
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| Name | Empire Fusilier | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,408 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Società Anonima Santieri Cerusa, Genoa-Voltri | ||
| Owner | Watts, Watts & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Feb 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-85 (Eberhard Greger) | ||
| Position | 44.45N, 47.25W - Grid BC 8179 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (9 dead and 38 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-60 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Tyne - Tampa, Florida | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in June 1921 as Mincio for Pietro Ravano fu Marco, Genoa. On 10 Jun, 1940, seized by Britain at Liverpool and renamed Empire Fusilier by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.20 hours on 9 Feb, 1942, the Empire Fusilier (Master William Reid), dispersed from convoy ON-60, was hit by one of three torpedoes from U-85 after a chase of 7 hours southeast of St. Johns, Newfoundland. The ship immediately settled by the stern and sank after a boiler explosion. Nine crew members were lost. The master, 31 crew members and six gunners were picked up by HMCS Barrie (K 138) (Chief Skipper G.N. Downey, RCNR) and landed at Halifax. | ||
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