Empire Dunstan
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| Name | Empire Dunstan | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.887 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | ||
| Owner | Christian Salvesen & Co, Edinburgh | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Nov, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-81 (Johann-Otto Krieg) | ||
| Position | 39.24N, 17.40E - Grid CK 7180 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (2 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-31 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Bona - Augusta (16 Nov) - Brindisi | ||
| Cargo | 1550 tons of military stores, including 700 tons of land mines | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.17 hours on 18 Nov, 1943, the Empire Dunstan (Master Norman Ramsay), dispersed from convoy KMS-31 was torpedoed and sunk by U-81 southwest of Taranto. Two crew members were lost. The master, 29 crew members, seven gunners and three passengers were picked up by the Norwegian merchant Lom and landed at Taranto. | ||
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