Empire Lancer
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Empire Lancer | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.037 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Greenock | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Aug, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-862 (Heinrich Timm) | ||
| Position | 15S, 45E - Grid KE 3277 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 79 (42 dead and 37 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban - Majunga - Tamatave - Aden - UK | ||
| Cargo | 2000 tons of copper and 1000 tons of military stores | ||
| History | Completed in November 1942 for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | On 16 Aug, 1944, the unescorted Empire Lancer (Master Maximes Jollivet) was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the Mozambique Channel. The master, 36 crew members and five gunners were lost. 34 crew members and three gunners landed 60 miles south of Lumbo, Portuguese East Africa ten days later. | ||
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