Empire Arnold
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| Name | Empire Arnold | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,045 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening) | ||
| Position | 10.45N, 52.30W - Grid EF 7784 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 61 (9 dead and 52 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | E-6 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | New York - Trinidad (1 Aug) - Capetown - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 10.000 tons of government stores, including tanks and aircraft | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.15 hours on 4 Aug, 1942, the Empire Arnold (Master Frederick Tate), dispersed from convoy E-6, was torpedoed and sunk by U-155 about 500 miles northeast of Trinidad. Eight crew members and one gunner were lost. The master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, landed at Lorient on 15 September and taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. 42 crew members, seven gunners and two passengers were picked up after eight days by the Norwegian merchant Dalvanger and landed at Georgetown, British Guinea on 14 August. | ||
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