Empire Norseman
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| Name | Empire Norseman | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 9.811 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-558 (Günther Krech) | ||
| Position | 31.18N, 27.20W - Grid DG 5389 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (0 dead and 53 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | UC-1 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Greenock - Curaçao | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.14 hours on 23 Feb, 1943, U-382 (Juli) fired one FAT torpedo and one minute later a spread of two G7e torpedoes at the convoy UC-1 south of the Azores (grid DG 5393). Juli thought that he sank two ships, but only one of these torpedoes struck the Empire Norseman on the starboard side and the tanker stopped. Between 22.17 and 22.20 hours on 23 February, U-202 (Poser) fired four torpedoes at the convoy UC-1 in grid DG 5624 and reported hits on three ships. The first and second hit the Murena and British Fortitude, which both continued, the third torpedo failed and the last hit the already damaged Empire Norseman on her port side. At 23.45 hours on 23 February, the drifting wreck of the Empire Norseman was sunk by a coup de grâce from U-558. The master, 41 crew members and eleven gunners from the Empire Norseman (Master William Sharp Smith) were picked up by the HMS Totland (Y 88) (LtCdr L.E. Woodhouse), transferred to the Dutch merchant Maaskerk and landed at Trinidad. | ||
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