Empire Turnstone
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| Name | Empire Turnstone | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.113 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp, Portland OR | ||
| Owner | Kaye, Son & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Oct, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-621 (Horst Schünemann) | ||
| Position | 54.40N, 28.00W - Grid AK 6922 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (46 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-136 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Tyne - Loch Ewe - Port Sulphur, Louisiana | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Launched as British War Arrow, completed June 1918 as Western City for US Shipping Board, Seattle. 1937 transferred to US Maritime Commission, Seattle and laid up as reserve. On 4 Feb, 1941, given to Britain and renamed Empire Turnstone by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 10 Oct, 1942, the Empire Turnstone (Master Henry Bell Collins) in convoy ONS-136 experienced engine trouble and turned back on 21 October. At 00.53 hours on 23 October, the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by U-621 southwest of Iceland. The master, 38 crew members and seven gunners were lost. | ||
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