Empire Dabchick
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Empire Dabchick | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,089 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Atlantic Corporation, Portsmouth NH | ||
| Owner | John Morrison & Son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Dec 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-183 (Heinrich Schäfer) | ||
| Position | 43.00N, 58.17W - Grid BB 8896 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (47 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-146 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - St.John, New Brunswick | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as American Kisnop for US Shipping Board, Portsmouth; 1937 transferred to US Maritime Commission, Portsmouth and laid up as reserve. On 14 Nov, 1940 given to Britain and renamed Empire Dabchick by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and given to Sir W. Reardon Smith & Sons, later that year to J. Morrison & Son. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.49 hours on 3 Dec, 1942, the Empire Dabchick (Master Philip Edward Birch OBE) in convoy ONS-146, was torpedoed and sunk by U-183 about 200 miles southeast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. The master, 35 crew members and eleven gunners were lost. | ||
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