Embassage
British Steam merchant
Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-2184
| Name | Embassage | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,954 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Hall Brothers SS Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Aug 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-557 (Ottokar Arnold Paulssen) | ||
| Position | 54° 00'N, 13° 00'W - Grid AL 6998 | ||
| Complement | 42 (39 dead and 3 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-4 | ||
| Route | Hull - Bathurst - Pepel | ||
| Cargo | 8540 tons of general cargo, including lorries and aircraft | ||
| History | Completed in September 1935 | ||
| Notes on event | At 04.26 hours on 27 Aug 1941 the Embassage (Master Edward Kiddie) in convoy OS-4 was torpedoed and sunk by U-557 about 100 miles west of Achill Island. The master, 32 crew members and six gunners were lost. Three crew members were picked up after four days by HMCS Assiniboine (I 18) (A/LtCdr J.H. Stubbs, RCN) and landed at Greenock. | ||
| On board | We have details of 40 people who were on board. | ||
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