Empire Moon
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| Name | Empire Moon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.472 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Haldin & Philipps Ltd (Court Line), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jul, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-81 (Johann-Otto Krieg) | ||
| Position | 36.43N, 15.20E - Grid CN 3282 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (0 dead and 48 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Syracuse, Sicily - Malta | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MOWT). 1946/47 sold to Mediterranean SS Co (G.O. Till), London and 1949 renamed Ionian Moon. 1952 renamed Alcyone Fortune for Alcyone Shipping Co Ltd. 1953 renamed Sterling Victory for Sterling Shipping Co, Nassau. 1957 registred in Liberia as Alma for Cia Nav. Campos, Panama and 1968 renamed Campos. 1969 transferred to Campos Shipping Co, Famagusta. 1970 broken up in Shanghai. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.14 hours on 22 Jul, 1943, U-81 fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Empire Moon, escorted by HMS Stroma (T 150) south of Syracuse and hit her in the foreship. At 17.52 hours, a coup de grāce was fired at the stopped vessel. The ship was beached at the coast of Sicily the next day. In June 1945, the Empire Moon was refloated and towed to Syracuse and in July 1945 to Palermo for repairs. | ||
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