Empire Unity
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| Name | Empire Unity | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.386 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - AG Weser, Bremen | ||
| Owner | Hunting & Son Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 May, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-979 (Johannes Meermeier) | ||
| Position | 64.23N, 22.37W - Grid AE 77 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | RU-161 | ||
| Route | Reykjavik - Belfast Lough - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as German Biscaya for John T. Essberger, Hamburg. On 19 Oct, 1939, the Biscaya was captured off the Faroes by HMS Scotstoun on Northern Patrol and renamed Empire Unity by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1947 renamed Stordale for Storship Transports Ltd, London. 1951 renamed Mageolia for T. Pappadrinitriou, Greece. Since 1963 used as depot ship in Piraeus and later broken up at Burriana, Spain in April 1966. | ||
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