Empire Progress
The Empire Progress under her former name Andrea. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Empire Progress | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.249 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Apr, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-402 (Baron Siegfried von Forstner) | ||
| Position | 40.29N, 52.35W - Grid CC 2855 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 50 (12 dead and 38 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-80 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Glasgow (28 Mar) - Tampa, Florida | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as British steam tanker War Expert (5198 tons), completed March 1918 for Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 1921 renamed Anomia for same owner; 1927 renamed Norwegian Andrea for A/B Brovigseil, Farsund; 1933 sold to Thos. Brovig, Farsund; 1938 renamed Italian Mugnone for Ditta Marino Querci, Genoa and converted to steam merchant. On 10 Jun, 1940, the Mugnone was seized by Britain at Newcastle and was renamed Empire Progress by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.26 hours on 13 Apr, 1942, the Empire Progress (Master Thomas S. Hewitt), dispersed from convoy ON-80, was torpedoed and sunk by U-402 south of Cape Race. The master, seven crew members and four gunners were lost. 32 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Olaf Fostenes and landed at Halifax. | ||
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