Empire City
British Motor merchant
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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 | Sunderland | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Aug 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-198 (Burkhard Heusinger von Waldegg) | ||
| Position | 11° 33'S, 41° 25'E - Grid LT 5839 | ||
| Complement | 50 (2 dead and 48 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | DKA-21 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Lourenço Marques (31 Jul) - Aden - Port Said | ||
| Cargo | 8403 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in November 1943 for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on event | At 00.59 hours on 6 August 1944 the unescorted Empire City (Master Bernard Henry Jackson), dispersed from convoy DKA-21, was torpedoed and sunk by U-198 east of Mocimboa, Portuguese East Africa. Two crew members were lost. The master, 37 crew members and ten gunners made landfall in three lifeboats at Pekawi, Portuguese East Africa. | ||
| On board | We have details of 5 people who were on board. | ||
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