Empire Sunrise
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| Name | Empire Sunrise | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,459 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Lawther, Latta & Co (Nitrate Producers SS Co), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-84 (Horst Uphoff) | ||
| Position | 51.50N, 46.25W - Grid AJ 8674 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 51 (0 dead and 51 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-107 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Three Rivers - Sydney (28 Oct) - Belfast | ||
| Cargo | 10.000 tons of steel and timber | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.00 hours on 2 Nov, 1942, U-402 (Forstner) fired a torpedo at the convoy SC-107 about 500 miles east of Belle Isle (Grid AJ 8836) and heard a possible hit after 2 minutes 20 seconds, but in fact the torpedo detonated near the ship in station #53 of the convoy. At 02.05 hours, U-402 attacked again and struck the Empire Sunrise with one torpedo. At 05.21 hours on 2 November, U-84 sank the damaged Empire Sunrise (Master Arthur William Hawkins) with a coup de grāce. The master, 45 crew members and five gunners were picked up by the British rescue ship Stockport (Master Thomas Ernest Fea OBE) and landed at Reykjavik on 8 November. | ||
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