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Empire Bruce


NameEmpire Bruce
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage7.459 tons
Completed1941 - Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland 
OwnerChristian Salvesen & Co, Edinburgh 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack18 Apr, 1943Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-123 (Horst von Schroeter)
Position06.40N, 13.17W - Grid ET 6543
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Complement49 (0 dead and 49 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteBuenos Aires (30 Mar) - Freetown - UK 
Cargo9141 tons of linseed 
History Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) 
Notes on loss At 12.39 hours on 18 Apr, 1943, the unescorted Empire Bruce (Master J. Edwards) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-123 and sank capsized after being hit by two coups de grāce at 13.51 and 14.19 hours about 100 miles southwest of Freetown. The master, 41 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the British minesweeper HMS MMS-107 (Skipper H.J. Craven) and landed at Freetown on 19 April. 


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