Gypsum Empress
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| Name | Gypsum Empress | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.034 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Gypsum Packet Co Ltd, Windsor NS | ||
| Homeport | Middlesbrough | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 12.27N, 64.04W - Grid ED 8298 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (0 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TAG-18 | ||
| Route | Demerara - Trinidad - New York | ||
| Cargo | 6200 tons of bauxite | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.37 hours on 3 Nov, 1942, U-160 attacked the convoy TAG-18 for the third time west of Grenada and sank the Gypsum Empress and Leda. The master, 31 crew members, four gunners and four signalmen from the Gypsum Empress (Master John Smyth Rodgers) were picked up by the Spanish tanker Gobeo and landed at Trinidad on 3 November. | ||
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