Empire City
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| Name | Empire City | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.295 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Wm. Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Andrew Weir & Co, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Aug, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-198 (Burkhard Heusinger von Waldegg) | ||
| Position | 11.33S, 41.25E - Grid KP 5839 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 70 (12 dead and 58 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | DKA-21 | ||
| Route | Lourenco Marques - Aden - Port Said | ||
| Cargo | 8403 tons of coal | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | On 6 Aug, 1944, the Empire City (Master Bernard Henry Jackson) in convoy DKA-21 was torpedoed and sunk by U-198 east of Mocimboa, Portuguese East Africa. Two crew members and ten gunners were lost. The master, 47 crew members and ten gunners landed at Pekawi, Portuguese East Africa. | ||
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