Empire Webster
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| Name | Empire Webster | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,043 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Short Bros, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Hall Brothers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-77 (Otto Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 36.47N, 01.37E - Grid CH 8190 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 63 (4 dead and 59 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-8 | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Bona | ||
| Cargo | 3000 tons of coal and military stores | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.00 hours on 7 Feb, 1943, U-77 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy KMS-8 80 miles west of Algiers and sank the ships in station #13 and #14, the Empire Webster and Empire Banner. The master Alexander Roderick Duncan, 49 crew members, one gunner and eight Army personnel from the Empire Webster were picked up by the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose (K 154) (Lt L.R. Pavillard) and landed at Algiers. Three crew members and one gunner were lost. | ||
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