Empire Stanley
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| Name | Empire Stanley | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.921 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd | ||
| Owner | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Aug, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-197 (Robert Bartels) | ||
| Position | 27.08S, 48.15E - Grid KQ 6676 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 54 (25 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lourenco Marques - Durban (13 Aug) - Aden - Beirut | ||
| Cargo | 8890 tons of coal | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as catapult armed merchant (CAM) 1942 the catapult was removed. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.50 hours on 17 Aug, 1943, the unescorted Empire Stanley (Master Arthur John Pilditch MBE) was torpedoed and sunk by U-197 south-southeast of Cap Sainte Marie, Madagascar. The master, 17 crew members, six gunners and the passenger were lost. On 20 August, 19 crew members and one gunner were picked up by the British motor merchant Socotra and landed at Bombay ten days later. Eight crew members and one gunner were picked up by the British corvette HMS Thyme (K 210) (Lt H. Roach) and landed at Durban on 29 August. | ||
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